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Burrin Redesign! I decided to pull him out of the League universe and make him my own original species - no name for it yet, but he's basically a divine chimera-like being. He has virtues, like a god, but he's not some omnipotent immortal god like in Greek Mythos or anything.

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2020-01-28

« Das griechische Theater von Syrakus (The Greek Theater of Syracuse) » Karl Eduard Biermann

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2020-01-28

She and Gold were couple for a time, before they got their "aposteirotí zoí (life drainer in greek)"

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2020-01-27

Echidna is called the Mother of Monsters in Greek Hesiod described her as half beauty and half serpent beast, huge, brightly colored and voracious. Echidna gave birth to Cerberus and the Hydra, the Chimera and the Sphinx.

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2020-01-27

WLGaming vs

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2020-01-26

Featured Art of the Day: "Ionian Sea Zanti Greek Island". Buy it at: https://t.co/0BLOFDJTCQ

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2020-01-27

https://t.co/oeLZvypyrY
Crossroads

A heavily charged place of magic. The Greek
goddess of witchcraft, Hecate, was also goddess of the
crossroads, and animals were sacrificed to her at such
locations. It was believed that Hecate appeared at crossroads
on clear nights,

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2020-01-26

I made a lil satyr persona for voice_of_dionysus (instagram)'s project! I had a lot of fun doing this, I haven't painted anything in ages :D

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2020-01-26

Polyphemus was the giant son of the god Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology. He was one of the Cyclopes, having a single eye. According to the Odyssey, Odysseus arrived at the island of the Cyclops (Sicily), while trying to go back to his homeland, Ithaca.

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2020-01-24

not @ me at 13 naming my cloud oc sydney bc "cloud" in greek is "synnefo" https://t.co/yb44Lgh9aw

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2020-01-24

Another oc in the Greek god au of mine
Shadows twin brother
Really fantastic thing that they're twins, as I can just trace over the Shadow drawing

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2020-01-24

Also tried a classic Viking design and then another early Greek helmet (I think). The helmet I settled on is inspired by ancient Mongolian helmets.

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2020-01-24

Persephone ~ Greek Mythology
by Yliade

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2020-01-24

the mythological hippocamp is a Greek seahorse with the lower body of a dolphin? Hippocamps pull the chariot of Poseidon, god of the sea. From Dragons Dragons & Other Creatures That Never Were, compiled by Laura Whipple, Philomel Books, 1991(c) Eric Carle.

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2020-01-24

Born from the blood of Dragons, are known for their sedative properties. They are ingredients for spells of abundance, love, sleep, & invisibility. Hypnos, (Greek God of Sleep & Dreaming) carried a poppy stalk, or a horn filled with poppy juice.#FolkloreThursday

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2020-01-23

Hyoscyamus niger is a plant that grows almost everywhere in Europe. Name of the plant derives from Greek words "húos"-pig and "kúamos"-bean. In ancient Greek literature it's known under the name Apollinarix - the plant of Apollo. It was also called dioskyamos - bean of the gods.

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2020-01-23

Objects - and people - struck by lightning were viewed with reverence and awe in Ancient Greece. Those killed by lightning were called dioblêtoi, "Those smitten by Zeus," and were often given special burials.



(Source: Robert Garland, The Greek Way of Death)

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2020-01-23