After a 10-yr siege of Troy, the Greeks construct a huge wooden horse. Odysseus & others hide inside. The rest pretend to sail away. The Trojans take it in the city. At night the Greeks open the gates for the rest of the army, who'd sailed back at night.

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The modern worship of celebrities, athletes, and music artists echos the greeks in their reverence for the twelve olympians.

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Thanks to my friend in Titusville, Florida for purchasing this wonderful art print from the Tales of the Greeks: https://t.co/FLheSbEOvU

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Hey, before it's too late: post the drawing you're happiest with out of the whole year!
For me, it was probably this Patreon commission of Aeneas. I drew him carrying his dad, Anchises, to safety from Troy as it was being sacked by the Greeks.

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Candles on cakes started with ancient Greeks, who would bake round cakes & top them with candles to ask the moon goddess, Artemis, for a favor. Also, when burning 3 candles the person who stands closest to the shortest candle will be the first to die.

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Thanks to my friend in Titusville, Florida for purchasing this wonderful art print from the Tales of the Greeks: https://t.co/FLheSbEOvU

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Greek white beans... so good😋 My aunt Humla's recipe comes straight from the source and it's awesome!
https://t.co/jzJfpwntx9

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this is a parody project now
there is less than 48 hours until the Kickstarter closes
Meet the cowboys joeknee and greeksandwich
https://t.co/zitPdQbmvi

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aphrodite pandemos! means "all people" or "of the people" so she embodies sensuality and sexuality (the greeks considered to be more base desire) and was also a unifier of people. i imagine she can shift appearance because she represents All people

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Don’t want to leave y’all hanging after Apoctober, but I thought this may be too spicy to post on my insta so I’ll leave it here...

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Me as a kid, laughing at the crazy grandma from "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" sleeping with a knife under her pillow to "protect her from the Turks", versus me as an adult, after learning what the Turks actually did to the Greeks, Armenians, and Assyrians.

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Thanks to my friend in Titusville, Florida for purchasing this wonderful art print from the Tales of the Greeks: https://t.co/FLheSbEOvU

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I still have yet to play it but here he is, the best of the Greeks

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Heyo im streaming that good music and sexy greeks game in like 2 hours ok cool

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Fun Facts about Hera!!!
1) Hera was as an independent goddess before the Greeks gave up trying to suppress her cults and married her off to Zeus, conquering both the land of Greece and a woman-centered religion.
Illustration from HanieMohd

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Iris is the Greek goddess of the rainbow. The Greeks saw the rainbow as linking heaven & earth & Iris as linking gods & mortals. She travelled on the rainbow to all parts of the cosmos, bearing messages from the Olympians to gods & men. Img: Arthur Rackham

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When I made this list I completely forgot that already did Circe last year. But, you know, it's fine. I love witches. Also I included Enyo and Eris as one day so I'm still drawing 31 new Greeks, this one is just a bonus

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