Guest Illustration: Michael Bucci’s Homeric Hymn to Demeter 🏺ClassicsBluesky BlueskyClassics AncientBluesky 🏛️ greekmythcomix.com/comic/guest-...
Read about this artwork and the artist in this accompanying blog post: https://greekmythcomix.com/2024/01/02/guest-illustration-post-michael-bucci/ Artist's note: Two mirroring scenes from the Homeric...
Thrilled to announce I've been a guest on @mythsbaby.bsky.social excellent "Let's Talk About Myths, Baby!" podcast 👍😍 We discussed why Greek gods behave the way they do: what are their powers and limitations, and what happens when they couple with humans 😂http://mythsbaby.com/episodes
A big question: does modern reception of antiquity primarily use Rome for historical settings and Greece for mythological ones? If yes, why? Has anyone written about this?
"Good food, food freely chosen, is part of living your own life. Although this choice brings with it the responsibility of choosing your food wisely, the alternative is a world where the powerful constrain what you eat, in the name of health, or political and economic expediency." -Rachel Laudan
"Mêtis sat hidden beneath Zeus’ entrails, That mother of Athena, creator of just affairs, The one who knows most of gods and mortals" Μῆτις δ' αὖτε Ζηνὸς ὑπὸ σπλάγχνοις λελαθυῖα ἧστο, ᾿Αθηναίης μήτηρ, τέκταινα δικαίων, πλεῖστα θεῶν εἰδυῖα καταθνητῶν τ' ἀνθρώπων open.substack.com/pub/joelchri...
Some additional texts for book 5
"No one deserves the right to steal from the garden of your heart that you so lovingly grew."
We seldom admit the seductive comfort of hopelessness. It saves us from ambiguity. It has an answer for every question: "There's just no point." Hope, on the other hand, is messy. If it might all work out, then we have things to do. We must weather the possibility of happiness.
Whenever I hear the first verse of this song, I think of Sisyphus, that midnight rider, the rambler, the gambler, the back biter -- and how he was bold enough to put Death in chains... Sooner or later Gods will cut you down. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IStl...
You can run on for a long time Run on for a long time Run on for a long time Sooner or later God'll cut you down Sooner or later God'll cut you downGo tell t...