I'm currently looking at some depictions of "Saint George and the Dragon" for inspiration for a Bellerophon and Chimera drawing.

Saint George's feast day is coming up on the 23rd of April, so I've been thinking about him and Bellerophon a lot recently

everyone in the trojan cycle is a foil of another if you try hard enough

Quick pose structure sketch for Sunny and Sides as Castor and Pollux. I really want to do them justice, but frankly, their shins and calves look very intimidating to draw

I might finish them at an odd pace, since they’re going to be my decompression exercise as I approach an important interview

Heraion (Hera temple complex) in Kerkyra (Mon Repos Park, Corfu)

The location is really magical to me and combines the sea with the green of the forest and there you can see the Sanctuary of Hera built about 610 BC and is one of the most ancient archaic examples. You can be greeted with the supporting wall built later:

And on top of the hill as it is suitable for the queen of the heavens lies the complex:

Within the temple complex you can find a small sanctuary dedicated to Apollo Corcyrean (inscriptions were found) and was worshipped as a war god. The sanctuary is dating from late 6th-early 5th century BC.

But the moment I TRULY felt my heart beat was when I discovered the hidden gem of this doric temple within the same park:

The Doric Kardaki Temple (Mon Repos Park, Corfu)

This doric temple has unusual architecture and it fits more some Sicilian or Ionian influences. Dates back to around 510 BC. Two deities are suggested for this monument. Poseidon and Asclepius. Not sure why but something called to me so strong to visit this hidden gem that stands there and seems so lonely and yet so majestic despite the fact that it is so small. It stands on this high rock looking at the sea...

I hadn't seen an ancient temple for over two years while I was abroad in a foreign country so dunno why but something healing occurred to me for one second there when I saw it! I was nearly to tears! I was also so close to the stones there and the way they stood there! I was also so privileged to be there alone and quiet and look at this temple showered in light!

i have made my own sweeping, simplified statements about paris and his family before, for sure. but in all seriousness, his relationship with his family is complicated. they do hate him for bringing ruin to their doorstep. that is a very clear sentiment, and one that is talked about far more, even in jest, by the fandom than the fact that his family also loved him. they never gave helen back to menelaus and rarely showed any belief of wrongdoing within earshot of the achaeans because they loved him. and doesn't that make it all worse? it's their love for paris that dooms them all. because how could they stand idly by and hand him over to death when he has just returned to their family? he was spared out of love, and they died for him because of that same love.

They’re done! Here’s the finished drawing of Blurr and Hermes

This was such a fun challenge for me. It’s been so long since I drew a full human or used a canvas larger than a sticky note.

Also, thank you to @smokey07 for noting the similarities in Blurr’s design to Hermes’ winged petasos! I can’t unsee it now, lol

i've been thinking about paris' arming scene before his duel with menelaus, and the special attention brought to the fact that he dons his brother lycaon's corslet (which fits him as they're the same size). the rest of the armour seems to be his own.

i had a real OH! OF COURSE! moment reading richard martin's notes to the lattimore edition, where he points out that paris, as an archer, has had no need of close combat armour until that day, so he has to borrow! and i think it's such a delicious indicator to clue you in why no one, including paris' closest family members, seems to imagine for a moment he's going to survive mortal combat against menelaus (who you can bet does not need to borrow others' equipment to fight man on man)

Hey kid. do you want to do the seven and epigoni?(please)

Something mostly about them

The Seven Against Thebes by Aeschylus (Tregedy)

The Theban Cycle by Sophocles (Tregedy)

Phoenissae by Euripides (Tregedy)

The Suppliants by Euripides (Tregedy)

The Thebaid by Statius (Epic)

Something mentioning them (I actually love these things more even though there's a tiny amount of them)

Biblioteca by (pseudo)Apollodorus

Fabulae by Hyginus

Heroica by Philostratus

Damn Idk what should I call them but I love looking up for them in these things even though they are mentioned for like 5 times

Description of Greece by Pausanias

Historia by Herodotus

ALSO you can find some lost epics in Greek Epic Fragments From The Seventh To The Fifth Centuries BC (LOEB)

Bruce and any of his gremlins :)

That’s all 🤗