Hyas, son of Atlas and Pleione
Brother of: the Hyades, the Hesperides, the Pleiades and Kalypso.
I have been sucked into the family of Atlas and this man's death will spiral into the death of five of his sisters, the Hyades, and posterior apotheosis into the Taurus constellations as the Hyades. His name means "rain" as so does the sisters.
His death changes a bit but in essence he dies mauled by lions, a boar or bit by snakes depending on the source (Ovid, Hyginus, Scholias, etc..). He is also tied with the first Boetians, called Hyantes.
In essence he is based upon many stuff First his chiton is Mykenaean shaped but the patterning is mostly Minoan for being such an early character, mythologically speaking. and the colouring is so reach as he is the son of a Titan and a oceanid! Plus the deep blues are the ones i associate with Kalypso, his sister, while the star patterning is a nod to Atlas and the Pleaides too! Meanwhile the golden ribbons are a link to the Hesperides!
Then, his bow is not Myceanean but a simple Ancient Egyptian bow but with Archaic Greek patterning!
And finally, the landscape is supposed to be set in Ancient Boeotia around the now drained, lake Kopais
And that are had azonal riparian vegetation with a Quercus dominated forest, hence why the trees drawn there! Plus the avifauna that i was just able to draw in silhouette as Lake Kopaïs was probably a huge resting place for migratory birds!
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