THE ODYSSEY

Hello!

These are my reinterpretations of some of the gods featured in my webtoon "Selene"

(it’s a boys' love story, which is why they are all male)

https://www.deviantart.com/rah-t/art/Gorgon-Design-1374476695

There are three variations of Cybele's Genealogy.

• Zeus & Gaea: Pausanias says in his Descriptios of Greece, "The local legend about him [Attis] being this. Zeus, it is said, let fall in his sleep seed upon the ground, which in course of time sent up a Daimon, with two sexual organs, male and female. They call the daimon Agdistis. But the gods, fearing Agdistis, cut off the male organ. There grew up from it an almond-tree with its fruit ripe, and a daughter of the river Sangarius, they say, took the fruit and laid it in her bosom, when it at once disappeared, but she was with child. A boy [Attis] was born." Here Cybele is born from Agdistis having their members cut off, leaving them a female goddess, pesumably Cybele.
• Maeon & Mt. Dindyme: Diodorus gives three variations of which this is one of them, "However, an account is handed down also that this goddess was born in Phrygia. For the natives of that country have the following myth: In ancient times Maeon became king of Phrygia and Lydia; and marrying Dindyme he begat an infant daughter, but being unwilling to rear her he exposed her on the mountain which was called Cybelus. There, in accordance with some divine providence, both the leopards and some of the other especially ferocious wild beasts offered their nipples to the child and so gave it nourishment, and some women who were tending the flocks in that place witnessed the happening, and being astonished at the strange event took up the babe and called her Cybele after the name of the place."
• Demeter-Cybele & Mt. Olympus: In the second variation, he seems to conflate Cybele and Demeter, "After this Cadmus, they say, in accordance with the oracle he had received, founded Thebes in Boeotia, while Iasion married Cybele (Demeter) and begat Corybas. And after Iasion had been removed into the circle of the gods, Dardanus and Cybele (Demeter) and Corybas conveyed to Asia the sacred rites of the Mother of the Gods and removed with them to Phrygia. Thereupon Cybele (Demeter), joining herself to the first Olympus, begat Alce and called the goddess Cybele after herself; and Corybas gave the name of Corybantes to all who, in celebrating the rites of his mother, acted like men possessed, and married Thebe, the daughter of Cilix." Here Demeter is conflated with Cybele as they both are lovers of Iasion in greek mythology, with Demeter being a more well-attested lover of his.
• Uranus & Gaea: In the third account of Diodorus, he seemingly conflated her with Theia or Basileia, "To Uranus were also born daughters, the two eldest of whom were by far the most renowned above all the others and were called Basileia and Rhea, whom some also named Pandora. Of these daughters Basileia, who was the eldest and far excelled the others in both prudence and understanding, reared all her brothers, showing them collectively a mother's kindness; consequently she was given the appellation of “Great Mother”; and after her father had been translated from among men into the circle of the gods, with the approval of the masses and of her brothers she succeeded to the royal dignity, though she was still a maiden and because of her exceedingly great chastity had been unwilling to unite in marriage with any man. But later, because of her desire to leave sons who should succeed to the throne, she united in marriage with Hyperion, one of her brothers, for whom she had the greatest affection. And when there were born to her two children, Helius and Selene, who were greatly admired for both their beauty and their chastity, the brothers of Basileia, they say, being envious of her because of her happy issue of children and fearing that Hyperion would divert the royal power to himself, committed an utterly impious deed; for entering into a conspiracy among themselves they put Hyperion to the sword, and casting Helius, who was still in years a child, into the Eridanus river, drowned him. When this crime came to light, Selene, who loved her brother very greatly, threw herself down from the roof, but as for his mother, while seeking his body along the river, her strength left her and falling into a swoon she beheld a vision in which she thought that Helius stood over her and urged her not to mourn the death of her children; for, he said, the Titans would meet the punishment which they deserve, while he and his sister would be transformed, by some divine providence, into immortal natures, since that which had formerly been called the “holy fire” in the heavens would be called by men Helius ("the sun") and that addressed as “mene” would be called Selene ("the moon"). When she was aroused from the swoon she recounted to the common crowd both the dream and the misfortunes which had befallen her, asking that they render to the dead honours like those accorded to the gods and asserting that no man should thereafter touch her body. And after this she became frenzied, and seizing such of her daughter's playthings as could make a noise, she began to wander over the land, with her hair hanging free, inspired by the noise of the kettledrums and cymbals, so that those who saw her were struck with astonishment. And all men were filled with pity at her misfortune and some were clinging to her body, when there came a mighty storm and continuous crashes of thunder and lightning; and in the midst of this Basileia passed from sight, whereupon the crowds of people, amazed at this reversal of fortune, transferred the names and the honours of Helius and Selene to the stars of the sky, and as for their mother, they considered her to be a goddess and erected altars to her, and imitating the incidents of her life by the pounding of the kettledrums and the clash of the cymbals they rendered unto her in this way sacrifices and all other honours."

These are all the Genealogical variation of Cybele's birth-myth that I could find, otherwise she's conflated with Rhea herself whom in the third account is said to be her sister.

A small original painting blending classical Greek mythology with Frank Frazetta's iconic heroic fantasy style. I wanted to give Sisyphus that heavy, dramatic, sword-and-sorcery energy as he tackles his endless mountain. Hope you enjoy it!

Now I can’t stop imagining Zeus helping his bitter little brother with his realm—hahahaha!

I'm back! My rendition (oc) of Lady Aphrodite! Again, turned out much better than I thought it might ☺️ these have been really fun to sketch out

just finished and i loved it! i think the premise is so wonderful, the trojan war affected both men and woman, yet, modernly most only know or consider the men heros. i especially loved how cassandra, clymnestra, and chryseis were depicted. any more retellings/books like this? loved madeline miller’s circe too

EDIT: natalia haynes is the name actually

I drew dis
I didn’t do any research for this one, I really just wanted the soft sovereign with the iron crown vibe. Enjoy!
P.S. I take commissions 👍

Kommt es euch auch manchmal seltsam vor wenn ihr alle griechischen/römischen/ägyptischen Hauptgötter nennen könnt, von den meisten Mythen 4 Varianten kennt und euch denkt das sei Grundwissen und dann von anderen Leuten etwas kommt wie: "Es gibt doch diesen Blitztypen und dann noch Kratos".

Zagreus, Macaria and Melinoe XVIII century OC

Pls ignore the proportions-- 😭😭

I think minor changes like replacing the Titans from the 1997 film into Giants (thus making the final battle a loose adaptation of the Gigantomachy) or removing mentions of heroes from the Trojan War (which happened a generation after Herakles) are more likely to happen than making Hercules' parentage more mythology accurate.

Even with her description not calling her serpent like at all. Her described features don't even like up with serpents. She yelps like a puppy. She has twelve legs. And 3 rows of teeth. Then why do people confidently say she was meant to be serpent like? Last I checked, SERPENTS DON'T HAVE LEGS.

Okay not really. This is my baby griffin skull, I've wanted to paint it for ages and finally got the time this week.

Look guys i always think poseidon is left out in the media in hercules HE IS LIRTEALY A ME DAM FISH

But like why isnt that poseidon is seen more as zeus rival

For example POSEIDON in the MYTHS FITS ALL categories of a rival of zeus

He helped in the rebellion against zeus

He was zeus's big brother

If I remember correctly he had a whole text of hin beinging angry that he is not treated as fairly as zeus or something like that

So why is it that instend of poseidon its hades who ends up becoming a villain

Hades evwr had any bad and fourth with his brother

Poseidon tho was jeslous of zeus and even tried to overthrow him

He would have been a perfect villain for clash of the titans instend of hades like why didnt they chose him as a villain