She was born of foam and sand, of waves crashing by the shore. The only mortal child of two sea gods, her family’s divinity constantly loomed over her, a storm in calm waters. Her sisters were ageless immortals, but vowed to use their endless years to protect the weakest of the daughters, the unruly youngest.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/the-thumotic-gorgon-a-sapphic-retelling-of-the-greek-myth-of-medusa-01ae3f492762

#LGBTQ #GreekMyth #SapphicFiction #QueerFiction

Unfortunately, after spending *ages* trying to get the perfect #sunset angle, the photographer was eaten by ravenous wild peafowl

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo_of_Croton

#Sculpture #GreekMyth #London #Kensington #HollandPark #MiloOfCroton #TellingStories

Doing research for the #podcast about Orphic theogony like:

#GreekMythology #Xena #silly #Mythology #GreekMyth #theogonies #Orpheus

The moment(s) BEFORE Orpheus looks back...

For more on this #myth & our #retcons, check out this episode on the #constellation #Lyra : https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/lyra-myths-and-retconstellations/

📷 :https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orpheus_and_Eurydice_by_Peter_Paul_Rubens.jpg

#GreekMythology #GreekMyth #myths #StarLore #Orpheus #Eurydice #painting #art #Classics #podcast

We roast #Zeus / #Jupiter a lot on our podcast...

and you know what, we could do it more 😂

📷 :https://www.everseradio.com/zeuss-couldnt-keep-it-in-his-pants-a-pie-chart-breakdown-of-causes-of-drama-in-greek-myths/

#mythology #meme #humor #GreekMythology #GreekMyth #myths #StarLore

Love from #Chandra & #WISE in this dazzling image of the Cocoon Nebula that resembles a heart  

This nebula is located in the #constellation Cygnus, which is associated with a tragic love story. For more on that #myth / #StarLore, see here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/cygnus-myths-and-retconstellations/

(i'm loving the #Chandra #holiday and #seasonal content!!)

📷 : https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/heart/

#astronomy #astrodon #NASA #Cygnus #astrophotography #GreekMythology #GreekMyth #myths #ValentinesDay #Heart

Well -- I can't see Queens for #MythologyMonday and *not* talk about the most famous #queen in the #constellations -- Cassiopeia!

Queen Cassiopeia's claim to fame is that time she boasted about being more beautiful than the (50!!) Nereids & was promptly punished by Poseidon by way of flood/sea monster.

📷 : La Délivrance d'Andromède (1679) Pierre Mignard via https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Mignard-Andromeda_and_Perseus.jpg

#Art #Paintings #StarLore #GreekMythology #GreekMyth #Andromeda #Cassiopeia #Cepheus

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/ModerneKunst-15/pages/021-summer-dance/

Danaë, mother of Perseus. One can almost imagine the sky-god Zeus watching her dance here.

It was a little startling to open this huge book (some 400mm/16 inches tall) and see this full-page painting reproduced: you can almost feel the brush strokes.

It’s always tempting to increase chorma/saturation & make a more modern-feeling picture!

#Schram #AloisHansSchram #vintageArt #greekMyth #toplessWoman #vintageArt #fobo #GIMP #Gimp_3 #Summer #painting #art