This week's #MythologyMonday theme is artworks featuring mythology. There are, of course, countless depictions of mythological scenes from ancient times. Some myths, in fact, are ONLY known through artwork, for example the drinking contest between #Herakles and #Dionysos.
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There are quite a lot of artworks I love that were made in our modern day, especially from independent creators who just love #mythology. It is impossible to pick just one so here are four of my favourite artworks from contemporary artists.
#Hera letting a young peafowl hop on the hat of a very nervous #Hermes. The peafowl is implied to be the reincarnation of Argos by the caption "immortal Argos".
In #Ovid's Metamorphoses, Hera put the eyes of Argos on the peacock's tail after Hermes killed him.
Hail, white-armed goddess, bright #Selene, mild, bright-tressed queen! Now I'll leave you and sing the glories of demigods, whose deeds poets, the servants of the Muses, celebrate with lovely lips.
Homeric Hymn 32