Rachel Alexander's Blog, page 386
July 17, 2016
My Classical Mythology Professor
“Hephaestus is really great. I mean, he only ever really does that one little thing of molesting his newly born sister, but other than that he’s cool.”
“Apollo’s just a sociopath, and a loser version of Zeus, really.”
“So either Helen falls in love with Paris, which she doesn’t want to do, or Aphrodite ships her off to Egypt to get a master’s degree in pharmacology.”
“Whenever Achilles had a problem, he’d just run home crying to his mom. His mom always had the same advice: stop fighting, eat, have sex with a woman. He only ever did the first thing, which is probably why he got killed.”
“Basically, Apollo got mad at a bunch of people for not having sex with him and they ended up worse off - mostly turned into plants, for some reason.”
“Cassandra turned Apollo down since she held a vow of chastity, but of course Apollo took it personally and cursed her.”
“You can always pick out Odysseus in pictures ‘cause he’s always wearing a stupid little hat.”
“The gods tend to have these conflicting powers or personality types. Ares, super feared by mortals and always bloody and angry, is basically the fool of the gods. Zeus, almighty king of the gods, is completely helpless when it comes to his libido.”
“So Brad Pitt spends nine years in the harem - you’ve all seen 300 right? I always picture Achilles as Brad Pitt now. Anyway, Brad Pitt’s in the harem, bored out of his mind for 9 years cause he’s already been trained for hero stuff at Charon’s hero academy…”
“So Orlando Bloom is just moping in his room while the Greeks are camping outside of Troy, and Hector finds him and is like, ‘Come on, Paris, this whole war is because of you!’”
“Have you all seen the Disney version of Hercules, where Hades is super evil and angry? Yeah, that’s not really right. Hades was more like the weird, basically harmless brother of Poseidon and Zeus.”
“I love this vase of the Underworld, it really shows the relationship between Hades and Persephone. I mean, Persephone’s standing there like ‘Whip that guy more! Punish him less! Stop slacking!” and Hades’ is just lounging on the chair like, “Darling, how about a roast for dinner?”
“The thing is, Oedipus tried really hard not to kill his father and marry his mother!”
July 16, 2016
July 15, 2016
hellenismo:
Relief of the abduction of Persephone
Emerging...
Relief of the abduction of Persephone
Emerging from the earth, the God of the Underworld kidnaps Persephone,
the “trim-ankled daughter whom Aidoneus rapt away, given to Him by
all-seeing Zeus the loud-thunderer.” A winged Eros crowns the God, while
another holds the reins of the quadriga. Persephone, carried on Hades’s
shoulder, puts up a struggle and cries out. The present forces confront
each other under the form of Hermes
directing the road to the Underworld from behind the quadriga and an
armed Athena who tries to stop the chariot. Two of Persephone’s
companions witness the scene. One remains in shock while the other tries
to cut the horses’ reins.
Discovered at Martre-Tolosane
(Haute-Garonne) during the excavation of the Roman villa of Chiragan
(1897-1899). Original kept at the Musée Saint-Raymond, Antiquities
Museum of Toulouse. Neo-Attic style; Early Roman Empire.
July 14, 2016
July 13, 2016
Hello. A friend of mine is saying that she read something about Hades have been betrayed by Persephone. She had other relationships besides her spouse. I told her I never heard of it and probably her friend must have been mistaken and confused this informa
Hello ^^
Yes i do but I have never heard of such thing before. If we are talking about them and betrayal we can point to Demetra, her mother. She was betrayed by her brothers, Poseidon, Hades and Zeus. But anyway, reading fanfic or other novels about Greek mythology can be confusing, too many information and wrong things stuck in mind as correct.
Hello. A friend of mine is saying that she read something about Hades have been betrayed by Persephone. She had other relationships besides her spouse. I told her I never heard of it and probably her friend must have been mistaken and confused this informa
Hello ^^
Yes i do but I have never heard of such thing before. If we are talking about them and betrayal we can point to Demetra, her mother. She was betrayed by her brothers, Poseidon, Hades and Zeus. But anyway, reading fanfic or other novels about Greek mythology can be confusing, too many information and wrong things stuck in mind as correct.
Hello. A friend of mine is saying that she read something about Hades have been betrayed by Persephone. She had other relationships besides her spouse. I told her I never heard of it and probably her friend must have been mistaken and confused this informa
Hello ^^
Yes i do but I have never heard of such thing before. If we are talking about them and betrayal we can point to Demetra, her mother. She was betrayed by her brothers, Poseidon, Hades and Zeus. But anyway, reading fanfic or other novels about Greek mythology can be confusing, too many information and wrong things stuck in mind as correct.
Hello. A friend of mine is saying that she read something about Hades have been betrayed by Persephone. She had other relationships besides her spouse. I told her I never heard of it and probably her friend must have been mistaken and confused this informa
Hello ^^
Yes i do but I have never heard of such thing before. If we are talking about them and betrayal we can point to Demetra, her mother. She was betrayed by her brothers, Poseidon, Hades and Zeus. But anyway, reading fanfic or other novels about Greek mythology can be confusing, too many information and wrong things stuck in mind as correct.
Hello. A friend of mine is saying that she read something about Hades have been betrayed by Persephone. She had other relationships besides her spouse. I told her I never heard of it and probably her friend must have been mistaken and confused this informa
Hello ^^
Yes i do but I have never heard of such thing before. If we are talking about them and betrayal we can point to Demetra, her mother. She was betrayed by her brothers, Poseidon, Hades and Zeus. But anyway, reading fanfic or other novels about Greek mythology can be confusing, too many information and wrong things stuck in mind as correct.
