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I'm so sorry... I know have to finish the Muses and the Greek Olympic gods... but I just can't find the time right now, I have a lot to study and one of the Muses and one of the gods are being very difficult to paint! I guess that's the thing you call "art block", hm? (*goes to cry in a corner*)Anyway, I put four nice ladies here, all of them quite unknown, and all from the... yessssss... the UNDERWORLD! Lovely place! They are:
Orphne/Gorgyra is a representation of the darkness of the river Styx, the river of hatred. But she doesn't hate you
Minthe/Mente is also a Naiad, of the river Cocytus, the river of wailing. There are many stories explaining why she was turned into the mint plant, all of them concerning Persephone being jealous of her (kind of) affair with Hades (
I hope he didn't do it!).Leuce, or Leuka, is a representation of the white poplar. Long before Persephone became his wife, Leuce was the dear lover of Hades. She was an Oceanid who went to live with him to the Underworld for many years… and then died (yes, it can happen to nymphs, maybe due to her changing water for THE UNDERWORRRLD!). A very sad Hades then turned her into the white poplar, a tree which became sacred for him from that moment on and grew in the Elysian Fields. When Hercules travelled to the Underworld and returned, he crowned himself with white poplar leaves. It is a symbol of a peaceful afterlife and a memory of those we love... (*cries again*)
Lastly, we have one of the many Lampades, a group of sisters who were the companions of the witchcraft goddess Hecate (here: [link] ). They hold torches to light the way in the night and their lights were feared, as they could drive a man to madness! Nice gurls!
Well, that was a lot of useless information! If you've read it, thank you so much
(it was already in my tumblr, I cheated!)I hope you like these dark ladies
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Is Incredible!! Thanks for your Masterpiece which insipired me to writing my poem (Sorry for my bad english): atram95.deviantart.com/art/Lam…
My Apologies the poem is written in italian and I couldn't translate in english
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I see Minthe as a hussy who thought she would be a better queen for Hades and more his type of woman *winkwink*. Hades never would give her any acknowledgment but she kept being a pest and insulting Persephone so the REAL queen of the underworld turned her into the plant to show her and everyone else that she's nice most of the time, but she is still a queen so DON'T DISS HER!
Minthe is more evil in my WIP Greek Myth fanfics, but still gets punished.
I see Leuce as Hades' first true friend and while they never really got romantic, they were still very close.
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In the story I read, Hades befriended Minthe, and took her to the Upperworld, something she always wanted to see. I guess the poor nymph mistook kindness for love and wound up suffering for it.
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Huh. I wasn't aware there was an interpretation of Minthe being a nice character. But that's the Greek Myth's for you, nearly all of the characters can be interpreted as good or rotten.
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The stories in my textbooks all state this: She was in love with him, but he didn't feel the same way, and she was heartbroken when he married Persephone, and was busted bitching about it by Persephone and they got into a fight ending with Minthe's death, Persephone, ashamed of what she had done, turned her remains into a plant and named it in her honour.
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I like how you depict the Underworld nymphs 
And I like the fact that Leuce is Hades' first love. I think it's kinda beautiful and tragic at the same time.
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1- really looks like Styx.
2- Yes, he did. She turned her into mint. Then stepped onto her.
3-sad but beautiful.
4-Creepy awesome. Easy to see them with goddess of witchcraft.
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Interesting that even the god of death could have some big fans. I'm in love with Leuce now, she sounded like a beautiful, kind lady who loved Hades as willingly as he loved her. I think Persephone was a love that had to take a while to fully develop, but I think they probably got some love in there. But Minthe sounds like she's a spunky lady for sure.
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I think Minthe actually set out to seduce Hades after seeing his golden chariot but then Persephone intervened and changed her to mint. I really love the representations here, especially the Lampad!
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They all look amazing! That last one creep me out though, but it's still good!
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LOVE them; I would love to see you do Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos together. Also a Gorgon would be really cool!
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Love your nymphs i am a fanatic of legendary creatures!
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I love your nymphs! They are all so beautiful and embody perfectly the river or the element they are realted to. I didn't know the rivers of the Underworld have nymphs and so I'm very happy to learn new things about mythologies since I absolutely love them. ^-^
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It's so great to see lesser-known gods get drawn! Where did you get that version of the myth of Leuce, where she is a lover of Hades before Persephone? I have only heard versions where she happened after Persephone. I really love how creative these interpretations are.
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I always see Hades as the type of man who genuinely respects women (human or otherwise) but his only experience with one is with Leuce (I always thought of her as his first) and really uncomfortable of the persistence of Minthe.
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I absolulty LOVE the first and second one omg.
The first one is so dark but has beauty ans she has this shyness, beautiful. She's the styx alright
The second one is so cheeky and cute omg wow!
And the third one is so pretty!
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Goodness, I love all of your Greek/Roman mythology art! Since I was a kid i've been fascinated with mythology, primarily Greek/Roman, Egyptian and Nordic, and it's so much fun to see all of your illustrations! I was thrilled to read the Percy Jackson/Kane series(s) because the author uses actual, factual mythology in his books.
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Can you draw Percy Jackson and Olympian characters if so draw Travis and Katie
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*Shipping Like Mad!*
Go on don't mind me.
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Hope to see your Greek Mythology series continue
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I am always captures by both roman and greek mythology .............. The stories are always captivating and always brings inspiration.................. NEVER DISAPPOINTING ESPECIALLY WITH LOVE STORIES ........
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They are so beautiful 
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Leuce y la lampade sobre todo te han quedado genial, aunque sólo se aprecia en condiciones si te bajas la imagen y la ves a tamaño natural. De Leuce me encanta la cara, y de la lampade, ABSOLUTAMENTE TODO. ¡Queremos un dibujo independiente de la lampade como protagonista absoluta!
(Que las otras dos también me gustan, ¿eh? Pero tienen rivales muy duros 
PD: cómo shipeas a Hades y Perséfone, jaja. No, espera, sólo es shipear si no es oficial, ¿verdad?
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Me alegra que te guste la Lampade!! 
Yo shipeo la familia inframundial a muerte. Y sí! Se puede, aunque sea "canon". Shipear tiene más valor si es imposible/improbable/retorcido/asqueroso pero la guerra de shippings ("I don't have ships, I have an armada") consiste en ver qué pareja acabará siendo canon al final.
Diosssses yo argumentando esto...
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Dioss, entonces lo has hecho casi como si fuera una escultura
A mí me daría cosa ponerme con una técnica así, me daría la sensación de no tener ni idea de hacia dónde va el dibujo. Te hago una reverencia.
Jaja, lo de la armada me ha matado.
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I have never heard about the story of Minthe, so I looked it up (wiki is your friend! 
But Hades is pretty possesive of his wife as well (and I'm not talking about their original story). Do you know the myth about Theseus, the hero who slay the minotaur? Later on in his life, he and his friend Peirithoos got the idea (after a lot of wine) to marry a daughter of Zeus. Theseus picked Helen (who was 12 around then!) and kidnapped her to Athene (he gave her back later, but Sparta wasn't happy about the whole thing), and since Peirithoos couldn't get a prettier wife than Helen in the normal world, they decided to get Persephone since she was the most beautiful wife of the UNDERworld. Of course, Hades already knew that they were coming and offered them a seat to rest. However, the seats were cursed to make the men forget everything they once knew, and everyone in the normal world would forget them. The two men sat in those seats for god knows who long until Heracles freed Theseus. Peirithoos was never freed because he had wished to marry a woman who was already married.
In short: don't try to whoo Persephone, because Hades is going to make you regret it. Badly.
By the way, do you know the story about (the river) Arethusa? The river is now part of the river Alpheus, the biggest river in Greece, but since it runs a few kilometers underground people made a story about how it got in the underworld. The story about that river and the river Alpheus is often told together with the story of Persephone and Hades. Since you like that couple so much, I thought you might have heard of it.
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OMG It's always amazing to find someone who loves mythology as much as me! Thank you for all the explanation about Minthe, I wasn't sure she had an affair but this confirms Hades and Persy are still my otp, such a great couple! That story about Hades' possessiveness is great too, I have to draw something about it!
Yes, I know about that story! Arethusa is very famous and I'll probably go so far as to draw a comic or something about it because it's just too beautiful! Thank you for reminding me about it!
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And you know that I think is great? That you like to draw all those mythologic stories! 
And it's great that you know Arethusa! When I read about it I liked how it flowed (haha) together with the love story of Hades and Persephone, since both Arethusa and Persephone didn't want to marry the man that loved her so much. The story isn't as famous here, but I'm glad that it's known where you live since I like it so much
And it would be amazing if you would draw the story about Hades, Persephone and Theseus! I was reminded of it because Persephone was so possesive of her husband with Minthe, and I suddenly remembered that Hades was that also to his wife. I like how these two have grown to love each other so much after they had such a rough and not very happy start (kidnapping her to the underworld isn't really the best way to woo a girl Hades 
But my personal greek mythology OTP is Eros and Psyche. I totally love how the playfull and carefree son of Ares and Aphrodite suddenly fell in love with a mortal girl and suddenly understood how powerfull and awful his own powers were. And that even when Eros left her and Aphrodite punished her, Psyche didn't give up and tried to find Eros (she even went to the underworld, and that takes a lot of guts and courage). They fell in love with how the other looked, but when they were torn apart they grew (Eros finally understood the strenght of his powers and became more mature; Psyche showed that she had a lot more than only beauty by finishing all the tasks that Aphrodite gave her). And in the end, they get together again and love each other forever!
- Sorry for the rant, but I have no one to talk about them since very little people have knowledge of the greek mythology, and even less people know about Eros (or Cupid) and his love. People always forget Psyche and that makes me sad
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They are aaaawesome
And the information are really interesting
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Thank you! (specially for reading all the info!)
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I love your drawings! 
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Thank you! I love mythology and I hope you like it too, there are so many stories to read
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No problem!
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No pressure! Take your time with studies - they are more important. I'm glad you share your work with us, though! I look forward to seeing all of your new drawings!
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Thank you so much! I have a looot to study this year and I don't know why, but the ideas are getting weak when I most need them 
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Aww, you're welcome.
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I think i'm gonna have to use the poplar leaf thing in a fanfic
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Yes, yes, please do! That story needs more love!
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I like hades he gets too much crap
just wondering have you ever read the percy Jackson series? if not you'ed love them
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I also like Hades, very much
I haven't read them, but many people have told me to read them and I'm going to start with the first, thanks for the suggestion
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they're pretty good don't see the movie cause it sucks hard
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