#hephestus

THE ODYSSEY SWAP??????

Everyone wants a piece of you

Hestia feels like the end of a college party, when everyone is lying together, slowly sobering up and talking about their hometowns.

Aphrodite feels like taking off your makeup after a long day and staring in the bathroom mirror, truly seeing yourself for the first time in a while.

Hermes feels like people watching on the bus, overhearing all the stories of people you will never meet.

Eros feels like loving something so fiercely, with so much passion, that you don't think you can live without it.

Hypnos feels like waking up from a dream that changed your view of the world, for the better.

Artemis feels like the girls you meet at parties who make sure you have a safe ride home.

Hephestus feels like spending hours meticulously building, with a clear vision in mind, but no proper measurements.

Hades feels like the hot embers burning bright on a fire that is slowly dwindling.

Dionysus feels like teaching young actors the ritualistic traditions of a theatre.

Ares feels like protesters fighting for change with unwavering strength.

this is just how I personally see them.

Inktober @kdpartworks

I'm going to take a break from writing about Journey to the West for a while in favor of working on a compilation of sources about the Greco-Roman hero Heracles/Hercules. Tentatively called The Hercules Omnibus, [1] the project will gather the English translations of all Greek and Roman works about or mentioning him into a single document. But instead of forcing the reader to devise their own chronology of Hercules' life, the material will be broken up into his pedigree, conception, childhood, early adventures, the labors, side quests, death, etc. That way, readers can see the range of and agreements and differences between the various sources.

The project is first and foremost for me. I feel it will help me better understand the Greco-Roman hero, and at the same time, strangely enough, I believe it will help me better understand Sun Wukong by viewing him through the lens of a hero from a different time and culture. I've already made a list of their interesting parallels. I've even posited what a fight between them would be like.

This is not something I could ever sell since my lack of knowledge in ancient Greek and Latin would necessitate using existing (and likely copyrighted) translations. However, once finished, I plan to release the fully-cited book(?) for others to access and read freely online.  

Note:

1) I am aware that "Heracles" (Ηρακλής) is his original Greek name, but the Latin "Hercules" is the more popular of the two.