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Two new accounts follow me and immediately message me with identical texts word for word about how much they like my art and then wonder if they can buy it, again with word for word identical texts. I'm thinking scam incoming.

Are my scam senses too sensitive or are they calibrated just right?

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Aphrodite with a dove.

#Aphrodite #greek mythology #greek goddess #goddess of love #theoi #myth #mythology #dove #bird #portrait #pen and ink #illustration #art #artists on tumblr

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I don't remember where I read that Leto would join Artemis on hunts, but it stuck with me so have some quality mother-daughter bonding time.

#Leto #Artemis #greek mythology #greek goddess #goddess of the hunt #goddess of motherhood #titaness #theoi #mother #daughter #family #delian family #myth #mythology #hunt #pen and ink #illustration #drawing #art #artists on tumblr

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Dionysus and the pirates turned dolphins.

#dionysus #bacchus #greek mythology #greek god #god of wine #theoi #myth #mythology #dolphins #pen and ink #illustration #drawing #art #artists on tumblr

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Dionysus and Ariadne

#Dionysus #Bacchus #Ariadne #greek mythology #greek god #god of wine #theoi #myth #mythology #couple #love #star crown #yarn of ariadne #thyrsus #pen and ink #illustration #drawing #art #artists on tumblr

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Zeus wecoming Apollo back to Olympus after his winter trip to Hyperborea. I based it on the decoration on this mycenaean breastplate from the archeological museum of Olympia.

I don't remember what the museum said about the men behind Zeus, but about the women with Apollo there was speculation of them being either muses, Hyperborean maidens or Leto and Artemis.

#zeus #apollo #greek mythology #greek gods #king of the gods #god of thunder #god of light #lyre #music #myth #mythology #archeology #father and son #family #pen and ink #illustration #drawing #art #artists on tumblr

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Ares teaching his daughters to fight.

Thought the oldest would be Penthesilea and the little ones Antiope and Hyppolyte.

#ares #greek mythology #greek god #god of war #amazons #amazon warriors #penthesilea #antiope #hyppolyte #theoi #myth #mythology #father #daughter #family #sparing #war #duel #pen and ink #drawing #illustration #art #artists on tumblr

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Demeter reunited with Persephone.

#Demeter #Persephone #kore #greek goddess #greek mythology #goddess #goddess of the harvest #hymn to demeter #queen of the underworld #mother and daughter #embrace #family #love #spring #pen and ink #drawing #illustration #art #artists on tumblr

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Metaneira begging Demeter to give back her son.

#Demeter #Metaneira #Demophon #greek mythology #greek goddess #goddess of the harvest #hymn to demeter #myth #mythology #pen and ink #drawing #illustration #art #artists on tumblr

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The daughters of Keleos meet a mourning Demeter by a fountain. I know there are supposed to be 4 daughters but I couldn't fit 4 in a tiny image🤷

#demeter #hymn to demeter #greek mythology #myth #mythology #goddess of the harvest #theoi #mourning #giref #goddess #drawing #illustration #pen and ink #art #artists on tumblr

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Demeter and Hecate looking for Persephone.

#Demeter #Hecate #greek goddess #greek mythology #goddess of the harvest #goddess of magic #myth #mythology #hymn to demeter #theoi #pen and ink #illustration #drawing #art #artists on tumblr

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The naiad Cyane disolving into tears after the abduction of her playmate, Persephone.

#Cyane #nymph #naiad #greek mythology #myth #mythology #grief #tears #water #pen and ink #illustration #art #drawing #artists on tumblr

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Persephone picking flowers. Can't fit all her friends in one picture so I settled for Cyane, Athena and Artemis.

#persephone #kore #athena #artemis #cyane #greek mythology #greek goddesses #nymph #theoi #queen of the underworld #goddess of war #goddess of wisdom #goddess of the hunt #naiad #spring #friends #hymn to demeter #myht #mythology #pen and ink #illustration #drawing #art #artists on tumblr

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The triumph of spring.

I'm so happy I managed to get this done in time for Mărțișor☺️

In Romanian Mărțișor is the name for the holiday of the 1st of March; the traditional name for the month of March and the talisman made out of red and white threads twisted together and with various lucky charms attached, that are exchanged on the 1st and worn during the month of March. A long time ago I illustrated the legend of the hero that freed the sun and kept wanting to do some of the other legends about Mărțișor.

Winter had reigned over world for a long time, putting the Earth to sleep and fobidding anything from growing, when a young girl appeared. She wondered the empty woods searching for her fate when, one day, she came across a snowdrop flower bursting through the snow beneath a dry thornbush. She decided to help the flower thrive and cleared the thorns and snow. The Winter queen was angered by the snowdrop's defiance of her rule and sent a blizzard to kill it. The girl did not allow that to happen and covered the little flower with her hands. She did not budge for 9 days, though the lashing of the winds bloodied her hands. Though the blizzard raged, the warmth of her blood awoke the Earth from his slumber. He declared the time time of Winter passed and crowned the girl the new queen of the world, giving her the name Spring.

#mărțișor #romanisme #romanian folklore #romanian traditions #folklore #folklore and rock'n'roll #legend #spring #winter #snowdrop #illustration #pen and ink #drawing #art #artists on tumblr

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So....following the Greek mythology tag has my dash inundated with memes that boil down to 99.9% of problems happened because Zeus was horny. Now I am not in the habit of shitting on anyone's shitpost but the only thing worse than a stale meme is an inaccurate stale meme. So, my fine gremlins, please do consider before posting: how big is the Trojan war in Greek mythology? What about everything adjacent to it(Iphigenia, Orestaia, the Odessy etc.)? The ball for those events started rolling at Thetis and Peleus' wedding, a wedding Zeus arranged so he wouldn't bang Thetis. So, through the meme lens, the Trojan war happened 'cause Zeus kept it in his pants.

Thank you for coming to my TedTalk. Please make better memes.

#greek mythology #zeus #c'mon guys if I wanted unoriginal memes I'd watch tiktok compilations #this blue dumpster should be better!

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BLESS YOU FOR YOUR AMAZING ART, IT ALWAYS BRINGS A HUGE SMILE ON MY FACE

Aww thank you dear!😊

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Hephaestus and his wife Kharis/Aglaea.

#hephaestus #hephaistos #kharis #aglaea #greek mythology #greek god #greek goddess #god of fire #goddess of grace #theoi #couple #love #embrace #illustration #drawing #ink #artists on tumblr #pen and ink #art #mythology #myth