Rachel Alexander's Blog, page 243
March 22, 2019
how big is hades down there
A lady never tells
What is the underworld squad?did I miss something?
The squad is a fan-made reference, but it’s pretty much the residents of Chthonia.
Thanatos, Hypnos, Hecate, Nyx, Charon, Tisiphone, Alekto, Megæra, Menoetes, Askalaphos, etc.
They appear in the latest chapter of The Good Counselor.
I am pretty sure "Bring it On" by Nick Cave is a song Hades listens to and cries after Persephone leaves the Underworld every year.
Yes! Absolutely. Other Nick Cave songs he probably listens to…
“Into my Arms”
“Are You the One”
Basically anything off The Boatman’s Call
I can definitely see him staring at the ceiling of their room listening to all those and I’m massively projecting because that’s exactly what I would listen to. I love Nick Cave. Have every single one of The Bad Seeds albums plus a few B-sides and bootlegs.
I’ve seen Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in concert, stood 12 feet from the man himself as he was singing Stagger Lee. Hot damn that was a good concert. Like a southern gothic revival hall at the gates of hell.
lionofchaeronea:Silver tetradrachm of the Sicilian polis of...
Silver tetradrachm of the Sicilian polis of Syracuse. On the obverse, the head of Athena, encircled by four dolphins; on the reverse, a female charioteer driving a quadriga, with the goddess Nike flying above to crown her. Signed by the engraver Eukleidas; ca. 405-400 BCE. Photo credit: Exekias/Wikimedia Commons.
March 21, 2019
The Good Counselor - Chapter 7
Book Three in the Hades and Persephone series. Seventy years have passed since Elysion was created, and Persephone’s efforts to conceive a child with Hades have been in vain. But a secret rite on Samothrace might bend the Fates and give her all that they have dreamed of, or pave a path of untold suffering.
Chapter 7After her first disastrous homecoming, Persephone’s return to Aidoneus’s side was always a joyful yet sober affair.
They would cloister themselves in their rooms, then hold a quiet feast in the main hall on the next full moon— their anniversary. Hecate joined them without exception, as did Hypnos and Thanatos, the twin gods of sleep and death. Their mother, Nyx, the Goddess of Night, would make an occasional appearance, as would Askalaphos and Menoetes. An assortment of Erinyes and Stygian nymphs rounded out the feasting company. Charon was a rare sight in the hall, which made his arrival so surprising.
