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I needed to sketch something and honestly- this might have healed a little something within me, so I'll share it on my platforms. Anyways rare art for y'all
i'm rereading circe by madeline miller for my literary analysis essay in english using a feminist approach/lens
it's due in two weeks and we have midterms NEXT WEEK and multiple REHEARSALS TO PERFORMED INT WO WEEKS AS WELL WHAT IS THSI SCHEDULE SOMEONE GIVE ME TIPS???
Don’t know if I trust the way Christopher Nolan writes women for him to be allowed to tackle anything Greek mythology related
if you were to ask me abt the goddess of witchcraft Circe, i would attribute all my knowledge to Madeline Miller, author of Circe
it's an amazing book and introduced me to her
i will elaborate abt this later bc i NEED to yap
These are the nails I had for the Epic stream btw, my certified Circe look that I am very proud of
This... This is doing things to my heart.
"Then they recognized me. Each embraced me tightly in his arms, and started sobbing in desperation. So the house rang loud with noise, and even [Circe] herself pitied them."
Im currentely addicted to Epic: The musical ( for fifveth tyme ) and decided to make a picture of my queen Circe :
I love this couple so much
calypso run
that is her sad wet cat of a husband and she will not tolerate bullying
Who will be the puppeteer?
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Some EPIC doodles but with very low quality.
Elpenor in therapy, talking about how he died and nobody noticed or cared.
Perimedes in therapy talking about how he doesn’t love anybody (lies) and ‘can’t fail if he doesn’t try’.
They’re gay your honor i am the boat ‼️
Designs and redesigns cause I was strongly insprired by Hades
Im not satisfied with Hermes's, I mean - his design from Hades's still stuck in my head. HELP
I need to work harder on him lmfao, mainly because of his freaking hair
Seeing others hide their Hermes's face, now I cant draw his eyes, it just make me feel uncomfortable and confused while drawing him. Ofc his design will be simplified if i make animatic, but Im still making out how the hell to actually express his vibe in Circe's saga
Circe with her braids undone, commission for @mageofheart-sombre
Thank you so much for commissioning me! :D
Ngl I don’t see enough people talk about this, but the overlapping vocals in “There are other ways” will ALWAYS be my favourite, I love how it’s just contrasts to each other
Late sketch: Wonder Loli getting all giddy for a huge veiny dick :-3
Maybe I’ll clean this up later, and color...?
Oh no she actually mentioned using Ovid, Shakespeare's Ulysses, and other sources in an interview.
Oh neat..
However Ovid does not depict Circe being assaulted in his work thankfully. Her stories center around her unrequited love, jealousy, and the consequences of her powerful magic. The focus is on her role as a sorceress who transforms others, not as a victim.
That's a main difference that Miller has been making in her works is the useless plot device of using women's suffering and trauma for shock value.
Like miller you are ruining the source material and the image of those old poets.
So she used Ovid but not really, just like she used Homer but not really Book Review for Circe | Thought Candy
What Odyssey did this person read
Because I highly suspect that Miller did not read the Odyssey aasdfgfdsdfghgfd
Oh no she actually mentioned using Ovid, Shakespeare's Ulysses, and other sources in an interview.
Oh neat..
However Ovid does not depict Circe being assaulted in his work thankfully. Her stories center around her unrequited love, jealousy, and the consequences of her powerful magic. The focus is on her role as a sorceress who transforms others, not as a victim.
That's a main difference that Miller has been making in her works is the useless plot device of using women's suffering and trauma for shock value.
Like miller you are ruining the source material and the image of those old poets.
I'm Greek and I'm fed up
'Circe' by Madeline Miller
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as I reread and annotate my own ideas of what was truly occuring in the odyssey, I've realized that odysseus had only been assaulted/co-erced forcefully because the lives of his men were held over his head, which was circe's doing. however, there was no mention of calypso assaulting of forcing odysseus to elope with her, and only that she had kept him on her island. however, this may just be the translations I'm reading and not a analytical problem to be expanded on.
'guys don't call odysseus a cheater' 'guys he was assaulted' 'guys he was imprisoned with his life over his head, what was he supposed to do?' are all valid points, but I can tell these people aren't aware of the fact that odysseus had sex slaves in the original homeric tales. he is a cheater, but that doesn't make him any less of an assault victim either.
no because I've seen criminally less posts about justice league unlimited
that show was one of the funniest things I've watched like what do you mean Diana is turned into a pig by this ancient greek sorceress AND WHAT DO YOU MEAN ALL BRUCE HAS TO DO IS SING TO TURN HER BACK?????
criminally underrated if you ask me
🪶 . . . sorceress, & minor goddess of magic.
Circe (or Kirke) is a goddess of magic and a skilled sorceress who is mentioned in Homer's Odyssey. daughter of Helios and Perseis, a sea nymph, she resides on the island of Aeaea where she encounters Odysseus.
Circe meets Odysseus when his travelling companions enter her palace after reaching Aeaea. however, before joining them, Odysseus meets Hermes, who instructs him to take a magic herb before he speaks with Circe, who will attempt to enchant him too.
having resisted her enchantment, Circe becomes enamoured with Odysseus, and swears and oath to do no more mischief to him and his men in exchange for him laying with her. she turns his travelling companions from swine back into men, and they bring their ship ashore and spend a year and a day feasting with Circe and the nymphs of her palace and living in comfort.
following this, though, Odysseus is reminded by his men they should go on - and so, instructing him in the art of necromancy, or what must be done to reach the underworld, Circe tells him he must travel to the realm of Hades to meet the prophet Tiresias. she sets his men off when the wind is favourable, with instructions of how to safely pass the island of the Sirens.
🪶 . . . powerful enchantress.
Circe is often described as a fearsome goddess, and her island is said to be inhabited by lions and wolves who were once men. being a daughter of Helios, she is beautiful and radiant, with particularly lovely hair, but is said to be a very powerful sorceress. in the Odyssey, Homer gives her the epithet Polypharmakos (or knowing many drugs or charms), because of her detailed knowledge of herbs and enchantments. in addition to her potions and tinctures, Circe also wielded a magic wand with which she could enchant or transform.
🪶 . . . worship & modern times.
Circe was the subject of some cult worship (or hero-worship) in ancient Greece, but similar to some other mythological figures has been reimagined in modern times in a more positive light to how she was understood in wider society due to a view of her as a powerful, free woman. in her role as a goddess of magic, she may also be embedded in some people's practice of witchcraft in the modern era.
I don't personally work with Circe, though! she is a goddess I am very interested in, but I have never interacted with her myself, so if any of you have experiences communicating with or working with her I'd love to hear about them!