HAPPY FATHER’S DAY (1/2 cause this is part of a duet thingieee)

Sure, I'll repost this

I made this over a year ago because I saw a repost of this artwork and someone saying to do Aphrodite and Ares like this lol

Having a six hour car drive with nothing else to do, yeah I spent it on this lol

I don't hate my attempt to mimic the hatching style, but there are things like proportions that need work

Hey hello. I just want to add that Artemis and Apollo are not the only alternatives for culprits. Adonis' death could had also have been caused by the Muses, Zeus (with the aid of Hermes), Persephone or a regular boar that wanted to kiss him. Also let me correct something

"And is there not a version where Ares kill him, because he raped some virgin girl that either Artemis or Zeus liked, because Hermes asked him to on Zeus' behalf?"

I am going to assume you are referring to Servius' account [bare in mind this is a rather unusual version]:

Adonis vero ubi cognovit se ama- tam Iovis vitiasse, metuens profugit in montis Casii silvas ibique in- mixtus agrestibus versabatur. quem dolo Mercurii monte deductum cum aper, quem fabulae Martem loquuntur, vehementer urgeret et ab Adone vinceretur, repente fulmen Iuppiter iecit et Adonem morti dedit

For context there was a virgin girl that was so chaste that Artemis and Athena loved her while Aphrodite hated her, Aphrodite caused Zeus to fall in love with the maiden which prompted Hera to ask Aphrodite to cast desire on Adonis to Erinoma [the virgin]. Adonis couldn't win her affections so Aphrodite wrapped a cloud around him and he raped the maiden [Artemis then transformed the girl into a peahen out of pity]. Then after this whole thing Adonis found out that she was also a beloved of Zeus so he fled to some forest... Anyways. Ares did attempt to kill Adonis here [with a reason not stated, maybe he was helping his father? The wording is confusing because it seems like he just appeared unprompted] but weirdly this seems to be the only time Adonis won against boar Ares. [The part of the quote that I highlighted in bold]. What caused his death on this version was 1) Hermes luring him out of the hiding place 2) Zeus striking Adonis with a lighting bolt.

(Context: In case you don’t know, Numitor is Rhea’s father and the rightful king — he was usurped by Amulius, his evil brother who ordered to have Rhea’s twin sons killed so there wouldn’t be more competition for the throne. Additionally, Rhea Silvia being given a different name is pretty common, you’ll also see her being called Ilia or Aemilia)

“Now in this place Remus and Romulus, rescuing their mother from the punishment of Amulius — her name was Servilia; for Ares, after violating her, begot them from her, and when they had been exposed, a she-wolf reared them. Having grown to manhood, they freed their mother from her bonds, and after founding Rome they restored the kingship to Numitor.

You secretly bore to Ares a hidden offspring of children,

bringing forth Remus and Romulus from your bed;

and a beast, a she-wolf, beneath the sheltering cave

nurtured them at her teat into manhood,

they who snatched you away from grievous toils.”

- Greek Anthology Book 3.19

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Ooooh pretty :] i forgot it was mermay!!

this was so fun and unique thank you so much!!! ive always loved mermaids this was so fun sjfklsjfklds i was so tempted to pull a hamlet and have my mermaid hold the skull and be a siren but i decided to make it look normal jsdklfjsdlkfjsd

I went for the skull prev lol. I thought it was a funny thing to add to the otherwise totally pretty picture! I want to be a siren!

I really enjoyed this!

such a pretty meikerrrrr

This cracked me up because each time I tried to make her look less villainous, it seemed less like her🤣. She is NOT a villain in the story, but she is a very ruthless heroine. So...take that as you may. She doesn’t hold the skull of her enemy in the books, but she totally would if given the chance.

@somesouthparkfan23 So you can make Narissa! Open tags for who else wants to play!

Aphrodite

40 hours behind and oh… It's been a long time since I've painted such works. I will be very grateful for your feedback and reblogs

[ 𖤓 Ganymede 𖤓 ]

Just a new art for Ganymede because I had time and wanted to work on colouring, since I was hating on my art lately

I'm pretty proud of how it turned out 🌱 hope you will like it too