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I focus on the personifications of the ancient Greek city-states, though occasionally others may make an appearance as well. Nevertheless, here are some visual shapes to keep in mind:

The Map

My shot at Odysseus (Iliad version)

Sparta and Corinth as teenagers (or about Macedon's age)

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It had been long since the fall of Mycenae; the Dorians were now rulers of Peloponnesus and the land had been split between them.

The Greek dark ages (~11th-9th cent) are poorly understood due to the lack of contemporary texts; however, we may derive info from the works of Homer and various settlements that have been discovered.

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1. Corinth definitely made and sold votive offerings during the Greek dark ages to derive revenue from.

2. Corinth knows of Sparta better than anybody. They had grown up together, under the restless eye of Doris, through the same successes and failures. It is fair to say that Corinth is the most loyal of the Greeks, for she always stayed by her brother 's side.

She was there when it happened. She was the one that saved him. And Sparta acknowledges it, even though he prefers to not show it.

3. Sparta would regularly bully Argos when they were kids

How the Persians viewed VS How the Macedonians

Plakous (la: Placenta)

Or in other words, ancient Greek/Roman cheesecake. Not of my usual posting, but I really did enjoy both the process and the final result.

It's composed of 5 layers, made of wheat flour and spelt, each intersected by a layer of myzethra mixed with honey, the total wrapped in a dough of nothing but water and flour.

Athene Noctua

Macedon's the type of person to not realise a scar is made until later inspection or seeing it by accident in standing up from a chair;

He can be reckless. He knows this. But the marks don't bother him in the slightest, contrariwise, he values the bargaining value they bring to the table.

Messene 🌾

Stained in memory,

His sharp claws,

Greece 🇬🇷

"We allow Alexander to call himself God, if he so pleases!"

In Athens, Demosthenes said:

"Let him be the son of Zeus or Poseidon, if he wants, like I care""

I've been occupying myself with the ancient dialects - especially Doric - for a while now, so I was bound to make a post about them; this will probably be a 9-parter, if I do decide to do all the major dialects

Casual clothing

Or, at least, as casually as Macedon can dress; I wanted to give him a pair of regular clothes as being always dressed in armour is not the best look for someone that poses as a "peace keeper".

I may have overdone it, despite his design being intentionally packed 🥲