Our Mythology inspired Art

[Sindavra]

I thought the guild needed one.
I have several pieces based on the mythos.


A young Apollo. I think he looks like he's not happy to be drawn like that.


Cerberus fancies himself a Pop-star.


My interpretation of a Chimera.


Everyone's favourite War God.  

[coffeebeancloud]

Well one of the famous paintings is one of Aphrodite, rising from the sea.  

[Ares or Mars]

Hey! You drew me awesome! Good job! smile  

[NekoMimi916]

wowzas, great job! I especially love apollo and Cerberus- my Cerberus is a pshycotic toy poodle. XD
I have a lotta stuff like this on my deviantart. A link is on my signature!!!  

[Mizz Faith]

Great job! All I've created is two stories (my own twist on some of the gods & goddesses). I'll have to find time one day to type them up smile

 

[Peleandra]

I've done art, but I'm too lazy to put it up at the moment. XD;

 

[Akherontis]

I'll go ahead and post this'un. My interpretation of Hades and Persephone, rulers of Domos Hadou.

 

[Akherontis]

And here's my Kharon, cheerful and well-mannered Boatman of the River Akheron (NOT the Styx, as many people believe). I portray him with wings because he is a son of Night, and most of them were portrayed with wings (Thanatos, Hypnos, Nemesis, Eris and so on).

 

[Akherontis]

Zetes and Kalais, the Boreades. Brash and cocky young demigod sons of the North Wind, they're my favourite never-seen Argonauts.

 

[Peleandra]

Old pic is old.

 

[Akherontis]

Heehee, I love that one.

Also, here's my rendition of the Khimaira. I always thought it was odd that she was a female monster, despite having a male lion's head and goat's flanks. And yeah, I combined the goat and lion head here:

 

[Mizz Faith]

Oh wow you two - those are AMAZING! My favorite has to be Kharon (why do some references spell it as Charon - I've always wondered that as I've seen both spellings in various literature).

 

[Akherontis]

Mizz Faith

Oh wow you two - those are AMAZING! My favorite has to be Kharon (why do some references spell it as Charon - I've always wondered that as I've seen both spellings in various literature).

Well thanks! You will notice that difference in a lot of Greek names. There was no letter C in the Greek alphabet. Conversely, the letter K was used rarely in the Latin alphabet, and there was no soft C. So the original Greek names differ from their Romanized forms, which usually replace the K with C. And modern English pronounces them incorrectly as soft Cs, unless they were followed by an H.

So, Kharon becomes Charon, Kerberos becomes Cerberus, Kheiron becomes Chiron, Khimaira becomes Chimera, Herakles becomes Hercules, Kirke becomes Circe and so on and so forth.

Often the -os male suffix was replaced by -us (Kratos=Cratus), and the -e female suffix replaced by -a (Hekabe=Hecuba); though this isn't universal. The Greek forms of Latin Morpheus and Prometheus remain Morpheus and Prometheus, while Athena can be spelled Athene or Athena, depending on the dialect.

Now I personally prefer to use the original Greek spelling and pronunciation of mythical names. Not that I don't accept both Greek and Latinized usage in the guild, mind you.  

[Akherontis]

Here's Hermes, the most down-to-earth and genial of all the gods. He's not my favourite Olympian, but I nevertheless think he's the most awesome. Funny that.

 

[Hermes the Herald]

Akherontis

Here's Hermes, the most down-to-earth and genial of all the gods. He's not my favourite Olympian, but I nevertheless think he's the most awesome. Funny that.

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