wordtithe:

Sorry about this, I’ve been seeing that post going around about how Hades technically named his dog Spot and I just- I just have a lot of feelings about Hades at the moment.

The guy is one of the only characters in the Greek pantheon to remain faithful (with one possible exception) despite the…

bemusedlybespectacled:

if you ever think mythology is boring or serious business or whatever shit

just remember that cerberus, the hell-hound and guard dog of the underworld, comes from the root indo-european word ḱerberos, which evolved into the greek word kerberos, which got changed to cerberus when it went from greek to latin

ḱerberos means “spotted”

that’s right

hades, lord of the dead, literally fucking named his pet dog spot

(via carbines)

GREEK GODS FANCAST: Michael Fassbender as Hades (God of the Dead and Death; Keeper of the Earth’s Wealth; Prince of Darkness)

“When you go to Aides’ house of wailing, down in the dark earth’s depths.”

(via thebearsmaidenfair)

GREEK GODS FANCAST: Miranda Kerr as Persephone (Goddess of Spring and the Underworld; Queen, wife, and consort of Hades)

“Persephone who impairs the mind of mortals and brings them forgetfulness. No one else has ever contrived this, once death’s dark cloud has enveloped him and he has come to the shadowy place of the dead and passed the black gates which hold back the souls of the dead, for all their protestations.”

(via thebearsmaidenfair)

GREEK GODS FANCAST: Daria Werbowy as Hecate (Goddess of the Moon, Death, Crossroads, and Witchcraft. Patron of hounds)

“Hekate Einodia, Trioditis [Trivia], lovely dame, of earthly, watery, and celestial frame, sepulchral, in a saffron veil arrayed, pleased with dark ghosts that wander through the shade; Perseis, solitary goddess, hail! The world’s key-bearer, never doomed to fail; in stags rejoicing, huntress, nightly seen, and drawn by bulls, unconquerable queen; Leader, Nymphe, nurse, on mountains wandering, hear the suppliants who with holy rites thy power revere, and to the herdsman with a favouring mind draw near.”

(via thebearsmaidenfair)

thebearsmaidenfair:

Be to her, Persephone,
All the things I might not be:
Take her head upon your knee.
She that was so proud and wild,
Flippant, arrogant and free,
She that had no need of me,
Is a little lonely child
Lost in Hell,—Persephone,
Take her head upon your knee:
Say to her, "My dear, my dear,
It is not so dreadful here."

Miranda Kerr as Persephone

“I quite enjoy the lines on my forehead because they show my life. That’s my history and I like to see that in other people. Like this wrinkle is due to some girl who broke my heart. I don’t want to escape it in any way.”

GREEK GODS FANCAST: Michael Fassbender as Hades (God of the Dead and Death; Keeper of the Earth’s Wealth; Prince of Darkness)

“When you go to Aides’ house of wailing, down in the dark earth’s depths.”

thebearsmaidenfair:

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Michael Fassbender as Hades

Jon Hamm as Zeus 

thebearsmaidenfair:

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growing-orbits:

Not deepest grief,
Of course,
Nothing can help you
With that.
Later,
Maybe, but not now.
Now you are unreachable,
Alone with all that was
Awry between you.

Alone with what was said
and not said.
Saying it all
Now freely confessing
What you withheld then,
Admitting what you denied
Only a short…

Adam Zagajewski, from “Balance”, translated by Clare Cavanagh

Favourite final sentences #3

(via the-final-sentence, the-final-sentence)