Prince Lyre and his beloved ferret Milord
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good morning and happy sunday, lord apollon,
protector of the young and god of plague.
thank you for the light that shines through my window,
i call this prayer to honor you and express my admiration.
bright shining apollon, hear my words and please enjoy the offerings i give you throughout the day.
it will be as you allow it 💛
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Young singer's friend. 1859. Cover.
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Prompt: Soren interactions we've never seen before
Soren comes up with a plan that is both profitable and great for morale.
(For the FE Artscuffle - PoR Event)
Drawn for Daidairo, Part 2 of 2
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"For the spell of Apollo's lyre is overwhelming, and in its delightfulness it outdoes every charm of Aphrodite."
- Himerius, Orations
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Bearfolk bard Juneau and her familiar take a moment during a particularly brilliant autumn day
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Edwardian 9k Gold Sardonyx Lyre Intaglio Ring
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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.
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"The Gate to Hades" (part 3 in my Orpheus and Eurydice series)
Part3: But Orpheus is not satisfied to sit in solitary mourning. There was a great injustice in the death of his love Eurydice. If the beasts and rocks of the wild woods of Olympia bow before his song, what is to stop him for persuading the spirits of the underworld? Perhaps he can even persuade the King Hades to take pity on him and his lost love. With this determination, he receives directions to the dark gate from the forest nymphs and sets out. Many days later, standing before that gaping black maw, Orpheus shivers. He might never return to the land of the living. He steps forward. He has nothing left to lose.
In Greek literary sources we have varying references to the location of the entrance to underworld. In Homer’s Odyssey, Odysseus must travel to Hades to perform a “Nekyia” ceremony to commune with the dead to receive prophecies. Circe gives Odysseus the vaguest of directions; “…once your ship has crossed flowing Ocean, drag it ashore at Persephone’s groves, on the level beach where tall poplars grow, willows shed their fruit, right beside deep swirling Oceanus. Then you must go to Hades’ murky home, where Periphlegethon and Cocytus, a stream which branches off theriver Styx, flow into Acheron.” – translation by Ian Johnston.
Some scholars believe Homer’s description of the location is based on the real-world temple of the “Nekromanteion” (oracle of the dead) in Ancient Epirus (Northwest Greece). This was a temple of necromancy dedicated to Hades and Persephone where devotees could commune with dead spirits, and was believed to be the entrance to Hades. The temple was located at the meeting point of three rivers; the Acheron (river of woe), Pyriphlegethon (river of fire), and Cocytus (river of lamentation).
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Sappho. 1914. Cover detail.
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