Rachel Alexander's Blog, page 267
February 25, 2019
I had a weird thought while rereading DoL - Do the fates take up weaving a new tapestry for the palace every time there is a war, famine or other catastrophe? "Ugh, too many cut strands cluttering up the cave again, best use them for something"?
Headcanon accepted!!
I think they live outside the bounds of time, so creating one takes ages and yet no time at all. I think it’s a hobby for them since they have mountains of thread piling up but I don’t think they’d do something as cruel as giving Hades a “great job you immortal dickheads” tapestry every time a catastrophe happens.
Ok they finally have a bed for me. See all you guys on the other side of this.
February 24, 2019
tartts:
Pawns of Olympus fancasts, based on the novels of...
Pawns of Olympus fancasts, based on the novels of @therkalexander (continued)
Lupita Nyong’o as Aphrodite, Tessa Thompson as Athena, Avan Jorgia as Hermes, and Timothy Omundson as Sisyphus.
tswwiaa:
An undated photo of the atrium of a house with a fresco portraying the mythological hunter...
An undated photo of the atrium of a house with a fresco portraying the mythological hunter Narcissus, right, in Pompeii, near Naples, Italy.
Time robbed Narcissus of his good looks, but through a volcanic blast, almost 2,000 years and many tons of ash, his beloved — his own reflection — has gazed unwaveringly back.
On Thursday, the mythological figure of Narcissus re-emerged to the public from his perch on a wall in Pompeii, where archaeologists announced they had uncovered a remarkably well-preserved fresco depicting his story: The hunter who fell in love with his reflection in a pool.
The fresco was unearthed in a home where, last November, archaeologists excavated a bedroom fresco of Greek mythology, the rape of Leda by the god Zeus in the form of a swan. Both works survived the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D., which buried the Roman city of Pompeii in fire, pumice and ash.
Alfonsina Russo, the director of the excavation, said in a statement that “the beauty of these rooms” had caused the archaeologists to change their plans and work on the room and its surroundings. In the process, she said, they found the new fresco in the atrium, a part of the house where wealthy Romans would have conducted business.
The fresco probably dated to “the last years of the colony,” Massimo Osanna, the site’s director general, said, citing the “extraordinary preservation” of the image’s colors.
In the fresco, Narcissus reclines by a pool, his face damaged but looking downward toward the water, where his greenish reflection stares back. A winged figure who may be Eros, the Greek god of love, stands nearby, as does a dog — tugging in vain at Narcissus’ garment, unable to pull him away.
Mr. Osanna said that the decorations around the room were “pervaded by the theme of the joy of living, of beauty and of vanity.” Other mythological figures, like cupids, maenads and satyrs, also appeared in the public part of the house “as though part of a Dionysian retinue,” he said, referring to the Greek god of wine and revelry.
In the atrium where the Narcissus fresco stands, the archaeologists also found the trace of stairs leading to an upper floor and the remains of glass containers, a bronze funnel and eight amphorae, the ancient vessels for olive oil, wine or other goods. Ms. Russo said the team hopes to open “at least part” of the home to the public.
The opulence of the home suggested it was “a grand residence with a wealthy owner,” said Sophie Hay, an archaeologist at the University of Cambridge who has studied Pompeii and was not part of the excavation.
Around the beginning of the millennium, Dr. Hay said, Greek myths were made popular by the poet Ovid. “In Pompeii it became fashionable to depict the myths in frescoes,” she said.
In Ovid’s telling of Narcissus, he is a preternaturally handsome young man who is predicted to live a long life so long as he never catches sight of himself. A nymph named Echo falls in love with him — and Narcissus rejects her. She retreats to a cave, eventually fading to only a voice.
Narcissus’ rejection of Echo and other suitors angers the goddess Nemesis, who arranges it so that he spots his own reflection in a pool. He, too, falls hopelessly in love, unable to touch his mirror image in the water, and like Echo he wastes away. Only Narcissus appears in the newly found fresco.
The excavations are in a part of Pompeii at the edge of the site and vulnerable to collapse, which threatens the archaeological artifacts below, Dr. Hay said. The unearthed fresco follows several other recent finds at Pompeii, including a horse covered in pumice and ash, an elaborate shrine embedded in a wall, and the skeleton of a man who seemed to have been crushed by a flying boulder, but probably was not.
Thanatos after Voletas death always makes me cry :'( Poor winged baby, he needs all the hugs. Do Hecate and Thanatos get along better in the Good Counselor? They could be amazing friends I think
Ok I’m willing to spoil this.
Yes. Yes they do.
And now Thanecate shippers be like
I just finished Receiver of Many and it was so good!! I admit I love Thanatos and Hecate's dynamic, are we going to see more of them?
Yup! You’ll see a lot more of them in Destroyer of Light, and I’m writing scenes with them The Good Counselor. (Sorry Thanecate shippers… not those kinds of scenes.)
Why Thanatos doesn't live with his family?
All the members of the House of Nyx live separately in apartments within the Palace. Except Nyx herself, of course, who dwells in Erebus.
Are thanatos and hecate ever going to be a thing? I need to know before getting invested on a ship lmao
Nope they won’t, but you already have plenty of shipmates.
Trust me.
