[inhale-primula]

Пока искала Персефону, обнаружила любопытные зарисовки актеров под мифических персонажей 8))
Хотела просто кинуть ссылку на них, но их обнаружилось очень много, и все в разных местах, а я хочу все х))
Особенно очень порадовали знакомые лица х)))


Greek Mythology Dreamcast: Keira Knightley as Artemis.
Artemis (Αρτεμις, Diana)
She was the Olympian virgin goddess of hunting, wilderness and wild animals, as well as protectress of young girls. Similar to her twin brother, Apollo, she could also cast plagues and disease upon lands, and could just as well take them away. Her main weapon is a bow and a quiver of arrows, although sometimes she is depicted with a hunting spear. The stag is her sacred animal, along with hounds and wild boar. She is as uptight as her brother, although in her case, it is more for her respect of the hunt or her maiden purity than civic order. She hardly cares about the affairs of men, and openly defies love and desire. Despite being the protectress of young girls, her blessing ends once they lose their virginity, and many accounts show how cruel she can be to women who disrespect her.

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Greek Mythology Dreamcast: Gina Torres as Hippolyta.
Hippolyta (Ἱππολύτη, Hippoliyte, Hippolyte)
Hippolyta was an Amazonian queen who owned the magical girdle gifted by Ares as a token for his Amazonian children. She was the mightiest of the Amazonian warriors of her generation, and was very fair and brave. Her beauty was so enchanting that the hero king, Theseus, abducted her to make her his queen. However, Theseus decided to marry her off to someone else, an act which she did not take to kindly, and so Hippolyta rallied her Amazonian army to Athens which they heavily damaged with their brute force and a sharp thirst for revenge.




Greek Mythology: Medusa

Medusa was a monster, a Gorgon, generally described as having the face of a hideous human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Gazing directly upon her would turn onlookers to stone. Medusa was beheaded by the hero Perseus, who thereafter used her head as a weapon until he gave it to the goddess Athena to place on her shield. In classical antiquity the image of the head of Medusa appeared in the evil-averting device known as the Gorgoneion.




Greek Mythology Dreamcast: Charlize Theron as Circe.
Circe (Κιρκη, Kirkê, kirkoô
Circe is a minor Greek goddess, one of the daughters of the sun god Helios. She lived in the islang of Aiaia with her nymph handmaids and was very skilled in the art of metamorphosis, illusion, and necromancy. Circe was a very beautiful and sexual goddess, who used her charm and sex appeal to lure men into her treacherous grasps. She is a misandrist — she would not harm mortal women, but she firmly believes that all men inside were pigs, thus working her magic to have a “matching exterior.” Ironically, she is also a nymphomaniac, and had actually trapped Odysseus in her chambers for over a year to serve her sexual wiles, after he had outwitted her.




Greek Mythology Dreamcast - Monica Bellucci as Circe




Greek Mythology Dreamcast: Hugh Dancy as Orpheus.
Orpheus (Ὀρφεύς
Orpheus is the greatest musician and poet of Greek myth, whose songs charmed even the wildest of beasts and coaxed life into inanimate objects. Indeed, his gift was so great, that it could overcome the power of a siren’s song, and woo the cold heart of Hades and his queen, when he had journeyed to the underworld to bring Eurydice, his wife, back to life after she was bitten by a serpent. Alas, he failed to fulfill Hades’ condition of not looking back until they’re reach the surface of the living world, and Orpheus lost Eurydice once more and forever. At this second loss, Orpheus spiraled into a deep depression, and kept himself apart from human activity. Till the day of his death, his sad songs of lament echoed through the forests of Greece.




Greek Mythology Dreamcast: Christoph Waltz as Kronos.
Kronos (Κρονος, Khronos, Cronus, Saturnus, Saturn)
Kronos is the titan god of time and ages, specifically time that destroys and devours. He is also the lord of the titans, and father of the six original Olympian gods. He castrated and dethroned Ouranos, his father, under the orders of Gaia, his mother, but he also defied her by still keeping her other children imprisoned despite his earlier promises. In fear of a prophecy from his Gaia, Kronos eats every one of his children to ensure that none of them could overthrow him. However, Zeus was secretly hidden away by his wife Rhea, and he grew up to defeat him. Kronos is usually depicted as crafty and cruel, and was much hated by his wife and his parents. He wields a giant scythe as his primary weapon and symbol of power, and he rule the cosmos during the so-called “Golden age.”




Greek Mythology Dreamcast: Natalie Dormer as Medea.
Medea (Μήδεια, Mēdeia)
Medea was the princess of Colchis, the niece of the powerful sorceress Circe, and a granddaughter of the sun god, Helios, who became the first wife of the hero Jason. Like her aunt, Medea was skilled in the art of potions and witchcraft, and used her abilities to aid Jason in overcoming the trials set by her oppressive father. Lovestruck, she left her heritage and ran away with Jason, but was betrayed when Jason left her for another princess. Embittered by sorrow and blinded by hatred, she avenged herself by killing Jason’s new bride, and her own two children.




Greek Mythology Dreamcast: Mark Ruffalo as Hephaestus.
Hephaestus (Ἡφαιστος, Hêphaistos, Vulcanos, Vulcan)
Hephaestus was the great Olympian god of fire, metalworking, stonemasonry and the art of sculpture. He has no father; Hera had given birth to him on her own, out of jealousy for Zeus who gave birth to Athena independent of her. However, when she saw his ugliness, she threw him out of Olympus in disgusts, and this fall made him lame. Nevertheless, Hephaestus was a very gifted and clever god, and with the talent of his hands and head he managed to earn his right back to Olympus. He preferred Athena for his bride, but since she pledged to be a virgin forever, he married Aphrodite instead, and spent most of his time creating ways on how to catch his unfaithful wife in the act of adultery, usually with Ares. The hammer and tongs are iconic to him, and because he was lame, Hephaestus was usually depicted riding a donkey.




Greek Mythology Dreamcast: Lisa Edelstein as Demeter.
Demeter (Δημητηρ, Dêmêtêr, Ceres)
Demeter was the great Olympian goddess of agriculture, grain, and bread. She is one of the daughters of Kronos, sister of Zeus, whom she consorted with to give birth to Persephone, her only daughter. Demeter loved Persephone very much, and was devastated when she was abducted. Her mourning was believed to have set the seasons of the world, wherein winter are the three months when Persephone was forced to stay in the Underworld as Hades’ wife. She is often depicted as crowned, holding sheafs of wheat and a torch, to symbolize her endless search for her daughter.




Greek Mythology Dreamcast: Richard Armitage as Zeus.
inspired by rescuepotts’ wonderful series
Zeus (Ζευς, Jupiter, Jove)
He is the king of the gods, god of the sky and weather, law, order, and fate. The lightning bolt is his symbol of power, and the eagle is his sacred animal. He is the youngest son of Kronos and Rhea, who led the gods against the titans and he is married to his sister, Hera, goddess of marriage. Being the king of the gods, Zeus has a very commanding presence and does not take disobedience lightly. Like his father before him, Zeus is curse with the paranoia of losing his power, and believes that the other gods are scheming against him. He is often in a state of majestic calm, brooding, and controlled, weighing options carefully before making decisions. He is a serial womanizer, which is often the cause of much drama in the ancient world.




Greek Mythology Dreamcast - Daniel Craig as Zeus

Thy power divine the flaming lightning shrouds with dark investiture in fluid clouds. ‘Tis thine to brandish thunders strong and dire, to scatter storms, and dreadful darts of fire; with roaring flames involving all around, and bolts of thunder of tremendous sound. (x)




Greek Mythology Dreamcast: Louise Brealey as Hestia.
inspired by rescuepotts’ wonderful series
Hestia (Ἑστια, Vesta, Hearth)
Hestia is the virgin goddess of the hearth and the home. She presided over the cooking of bread and the preparation of the family meal. As it was tradition in most parts of Greece to burn their sacrifices, Hestia received a share of every sacrifice to the gods since she was also the goddess of the sacrificial flame. She is depicted to have a very meek and modest personality, often seen veiled and holding either a flowered branch or a kettle in Athenian vase paintings. Although she was the first born child of Kronos and Rhea, she was the last one to be disgorged, making her both the eldest and the youngest of the siblings.



Greek Mythology Dreamcast - Hayley Atwell as Hestia

Daughter of Kronos, venerable dame, who dwellest amidst great fire’s eternal flame; in sacred rites these ministers are thine, mystics much blessed, holy and divine. In thee the Gods have fixed their dwelling place, strong, stable basis of the mortal race. Eternal, much formed, ever florid queen, laughing and blessed, and of lovely mien…(x)








Greek Mythology Dreamcast: Matt Bomer as Odysseus.
Odysseus is the King of Ithaca who lead the Greeks to victory over the Trojans by setting up an amazingly clever ruse. He sailed home for ten years, battered by sea storms and other misfortunes purposely caused by his nemesis, Poseidon, or by his own carelessness. He is kind-hearted but clever and sly enough to take advantage of situations or people. Odysseus could be dangerously proud some times, which was the primary cause of his persecution by Poseidon. He also, on two accounts, displayed personal weakness by having extramarital affairs. Nevertheless, despite his faults and all his hardships, he managed to get back home, defend his throne, and be united with his wife, Persephone, and Telemachus, his son.




Greek Mythology Dreamcast: Lee Pace as Hermes.
inspired by rescuepotts’ wonderful series
Hermes (Ἑρμης, Hermês, Mercurius, Mercury)
Hermes as the great Olympian God of animal husbandry, roads, travel, hospitality, heralds, diplomacy, trade, thievery, language, writing, persuasion, cunning wiles, athletic contests, gymnasiums, astronomy, and astrology. His act of stealing Apollo’s cattle right after he was born was pivotal to his career. He was also the personal agent and son of Zeus, and his mother was Maia, daughter of the titan Atlas who held up the sky. Hermes is depicted as a shrewd but jolly character who liked talking to people and very much enjoyed the act of social intercourse. He, besides Athena, took interest in helping out many heroes in the myths, one of them was Perseus to whom he even gave his winged sandals. He is famous for his speed and flight, and his caduceus, followed by his winged sandals, are iconic.




Greek Mythology Dreamcast: Emily Clarke as Leto.
inspired by rescuepotts’ wonderful series
Leto (Λητω, Lêtô, Latona)
She is one of the female Titans, a consort of Zeus, with whom she bore the twin gods Apollo and Artemis. She is named the goddess of motherhood, modesty, and like her children, the protectress of the young. Hera relentlessly pursued her during her pregnancy, driving her into numerous hardships, but Leto endured with the help of her sister, Asterie, and assistance from other gods sent by Zeus. There is not much in literature that refers to her directly, although it was implied that she had a very soft-spoken personality, wherein most vase paintings depict her as a woman lifting her veil in modesty. She loves her children very much, as shown by the great pains she took to ensure their successful birth and survival.




Greek Mythology Dreamcast: Olivia Wilde as Eris.
inspired by rescuepotts’ wonderful series
Eris (Ερις, Discordia, Strife, Discord)
Eris is the goddess of strife, discord, contention, and rivalry. She is also the friend and sister of Ares, and with him she delights in the tumult of war, having an insatiable desire for bloodshed. Eris is one of the daughters of Nyx, and like her mother, she self-produced a variety of malevolent spirits called kakodaimones, which specifically catered to highlighting human attributes (e.g. folly, falsehood, etc) that called for war and conflict. She is most famous for instigating the Trojan war by rousing a rivalry between three powerful Olympian goddesses through a golden apple addressed “to the fairest.” She has a very manipulative character, with a knack for twisting words into insults that provoke anger, and clouding the judgements of gods and men alike.




Greek Mythology Dreamcast: Katie McGrath as Nyx.
inspired by rescuepotts’ wonderful series
Nyx (Nox, Νυξ, Nyktos, Night)
She is the goddess and personification of the night, one of the first-born elemental gods. She was born from Chaos and mated with her brother, Erebos (Darkness) to produce Aither (Light) and Hemera (Day). Nyx is a very powerful goddess, called by Homer as “the mighty subduer of gods and men,” where even the Olympian king, Zeus, is afraid of displeasing her. She travels across the sky at the end of each day, under a crown of dark mist from Erebos, which she casts over the world, thus bringing about the night. Nyx is the first goddess of fate to be born, and from her womb came the The Moirai (Fates) who watched over the destinies of god and men. She has a dark and solemn disposition, moreover supported by her giving birth to many daimones (malevolent spirits) that continue to haunt the lives of mortals in their lifetime.




Greek Mythology Dreamcast - Noomi Rapace as Nyx

Goddess of phantoms and of shadowy play, whose drowsy power divides the natural day; by fate’s decree you constant send the light to deepest hell, remote from mortal sight…with friendly aid dispel the fears of twilight’s dreadful shade. (x)




Greek Mythology Dreamcast: Hugh Jackman as Poseidon.
inspired by rescuepotts’ wonderful series
Poseidon (Ποσειδων, Neptunus, Neptune)
He is the great Olympian god of the sea, rivers, flood and drought, and earthquakes. As one of the three sons of Kronos, he was granted a third of creation, mainly the sea, to govern. His symbol of power is a trident, which he could use to stir giant tempests, shake the earth, and the shatter the hardest of rocks. He also created horses, which became his sacred animal, and was believed to have taught humans how to harness and ride them. Poseidon’s disposition reflects his element, making him very unpredictable, sometimes in a state of violent agitation, and other times in a state of amazing calm. He is not much of a rule-follower, and often ends up in dispute with many gods, his most famous ones usually against Athena.




Greek Mythology Dreamcast: Angelina Jolie as Hera.
inspired by rescuepotts’ wonderful series
Hera (Hêrê, Ἡρη, Juno)
She is the Olympian queen of the gods: goddess of women, marriage, and family. She was also the goddess of the sky and starry heavens. Hera is known for her proud, obstinate, and jealous nature, which often lead to the concoction of terrible misfortunes for those who acquired her ill will. Before marrying Zeus, she herself was a very powerful Mother Goddess, and her initial reluctance to succumb to Zeus’ charm is testimony to her extensive power. Though she is the protector of families, her idea of a “family” seems quite limited as she did not hesitate to throw her son, Hephaestus, out of Olympus, just because he was born lame. Her sacred animal is the peacock, and her sacred flower is the lotus.



Greek Mythology Dreamcast - Jessica Chastain as Hera

O royal Hera, of majestic mien, aerial-formed, divine, Zeus’ blessed queen, throned in the bosom of cerulean air, the race of mortals is thy constant care. (x)




Greek Mythology Dreamcast: Madeleine Stowe as Gaia.
inspired by rescuepotts’ wonderful series
Gaia (Gaea, Γαια, Terra, Earth)
She is the first primeval divinity of Earth, and one of the early primal elements that emerged at the dawn of time. Gaia was the great mother of all and from her came all manner of immortal, mortal, and monstrous creatures, sometimes born from her relations with other gods, and sometimes reproduced on her own. She is cunning and vengeful, often depicted as the enemies of the heavenly gods in myth, first by betraying her husband and son, Ouranos, then by helping the Olympians oust the Titans from power, and finally by raising the Giants to battle the Olympian gods. She is always seen, half-risen from the earth, for she could not separate from her element. The Karpoi, grain spirits, are her loyal servants.



Greek Mythology Dreamcast - Gemma Arterton as Gaia

I will sing of well-founded Earth, mother of all, eldest of all beings. She feeds all the creatures that are in the worlds, all that go upon the goodly land, and all that are in the paths of the seas, and all that fly: all these are fed of her store. Through you, O queen, men are blessed in their children and blessed in their harvests, and to you it belongs to give means of life to mortal men and to take it away. (x)




Greek Mythology Dreamcast - Natalie Dormer as Pandora

No one knows what happened.

To Pandora’s box.

My theory is its buried.

Shut with many locks.

Holding in it treasures.

That we cannot explain.

Pandora had the right idea.

To release all that pain. (x)






Greek Mythology Dreamcast - Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as King Midas

Midas. A personal name. The lover of gold. The man who founded the city now Ankyra. And Midas, a name for a very lucky throw of a die…It is said that the river Paktolos ran gold for him, and that he prayed that everything he touched should turn to gold. (x)




Greek Mythology Dreamcast - Mads Mikkelsen as Uranus

Great Heav’n, whose mighty frame no respite knows, father of all, from whom the world arose: hear, bounteous parent, source and end of all, forever whirling round this earthly ball; abode of Gods, whose guardian pow’r surrounds th’ eternal World with ever during bounds…(x)




Greek Mythology Dreamcast - Jack Davenport as Triton

He raised his horn, his hollow spiralled whorl, the horn that, sounded in mid ocean, fills the shores of dawn and sunset round the world; and when it touched the god’s wet-bearded lips and took his breath and sounded the retreat, all the wide waters of the land and sea heard it, and all, hearing its voice, obeyed. (x)




Greek Mythology Dreamcast - Sam Claflin as Icarus

…my arms are incomplete, grasping the empty air. Thanks to stars, incomparable ones, that blaze in the depths of the skies, all my destroyed eyes see, are the memories of suns. I look, in vain, for beginning and end of the heavens’ slow revolve: under an unknown eye of fire, I ascend feeling my wings dissolve. And, scorched by desire for the beautiful, I will not know the bliss, of giving my name to that abyss, that knows my tomb and funeral. (x)




Greek Mythology Dreamcast - Zoe Saldana as Nike

Victory…in gold-rich Olympos you stand beside Zeus and judge the outcome of prowess for immortals and mortals. (x)




Greek Mythology Dreamcast - Sean Bean as Thanatos

O Death, whose empire unconfined extends to mortal tribes of every kind. On thee the portion of our time depends, whose absence lengthens life, whose presence ends. Thy sleep perpetual bursts the vivid bolds by which the soul attracting the body holds: common to all, of every sex and age, for nought escapes thy all-destructive rage. (x)




Greek Mythology Dreamcast - Keira Knightley as Selene

From her immortal head a radiance is shown from heaven and embraces earth; and great is the beauty that ariseth from her shining light. The air, unlit before, glows with the light of her golden crown, and her rays beam clear…(x)






Greek Mythology Dreamcast - Jude Law as Helios

As he rides in his chariot, he shines upon men and deathless gods, and piercingly he gazes with his eyes from his golden helmet. Bright rays beam dazzlingly from him, and his bright locks streaming form the temples of his head gracefully enclose his far-seen face: a rich, fine-spun garment glows upon his body and flutters in the wind: and stallions carry him. Then, when he has stayed his golden-yoked chariot and horses, he rests there upon the highest point of heaven, until he marvellously drives them down again through heaven to Oceanos. (x)




Greek Mythology Dreamcast - Holliday Grainger as Eos

Dawn comes early, with rosy fingers…Eos the yellow-robed arose from the river of Oceanos to carry her light to men and to immortals…(x)




Greek Mythology Dreamcast - Idris Elba as Oceanus

Okeanos I call, whose nature ever flows, from whom at first both Gods and men arose. (x)




Greek Mythology Dreamcast - James Purefoy as Prometheus

Titan! to whose immortal eyes the sufferings of mortality, seen in their sad reality, were not as things that gods despise; what was thy pity’s recompense? A silent suffering, and intense; the rock, the vulture, and the chain, all that the proud can feel of pain, the agony they do not show, the suffocating sense of woe, which speaks but in its loneliness, and then is jealous lest the sky should have a listener, nor will sigh until its voice is echoless. (x)




Greek Mythology Dreamcast - Juno Temple as Chione

…one of the nymphs, a daughter of Boreas, god of the north-wind, and Oreithyia, the lady of mountain gales…the goddess of snow. (x)




Greek Mythology Dreamcast - Thandie Newton as Styx

And there in Hades is housed a goddess loathed even by the immortals: dreaded Styx, eldest daughter of Oceanus, who flows back on himself, and apart from the gods she lives in her famous palace which is overroofed with towering rocks…and Zeus sends Iris to carry the many-storied water that the gods swear their great oath on … Such an oath did the gods make of the imperishable, primeval water of Styx; and it jets down through jagged country. (x)




Greek Mythology Picspam - Anthousai

nymphs of flowers




greek mythology arachne




Sirens II (Greek Mythology Series) i feel the stars. each sparkle sets aflame the pain in my heart (x)




nymphs of greek mythology | Limnades (nymphs of freshwater lakes.)




greek mythology nike




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Greek Mythology Family Tree.




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