anyone here into greek mythology and art?

ARoulette started this discussion · 12/8/2012

Ok I know this is not pole related what so ever but I have to give it a try because I can't find the Answer on the internet. I've been searching for hours. I'm drawn a line over the nipples so as not to offend anyone. http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm289/ladywalls23/random/VIDEO0015_0000017832-1.jpg http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm289/ladywalls23/random/IMAG0664.jpg Does anyone know the name of this. I've seen it before but I can't recall where and I can't find the image on the internet for the life of me. I've seriously been searching for it for the past 3 1/2 hours.

11 replies

adAstra · 12/8/2012
Maybe it's a portrayal of Hecate, the goddess of the crossroads? She is said to have three heads though. I'm stumped too, I hope you find it because I am curious to see who she is.
ARoulette · 12/8/2012
Thank you AdAstr atleast I have some where to start LOL.
Polewalker916 · 12/8/2012
My son it may b Hecate or Gea (mother if the titans). He loves Greek mythology!!! We r curious to know who it is...let us know what u find out.
Sassafrassle · 12/8/2012
I have an honours degree in classics and it doesn't match any iconography I can think of. Re multi-faces, There's a two faced god, Janus, in Roman mythology but Janus is male; like someone said above, Hecate is known in a triple persona; and There's also a 3 bodied giant, Geryon, but again male. Are you sure it's not just someone's interpretation of something else?
Sassafrassle · 12/8/2012
Also, the dress is stylised classical-esquen but not the traditional peplos or chiton and she appears to be holding a sun on one side and a moon on the other - the Greek goddess of the moon is Selene but sun deities in Greek mythology are typically male (Helios, Apollo). Unless it's some interpretation of Leda, the mother of Apollo and Artemis, the latter who is sometimes associated with the moon? She's much more likely to be shown with a swan though, referring to her affair with Zeus in that form. Sorry to geek out on this but I'm curious now as icononography in ancient art was a particular interest of mine:)
ARoulette · 12/8/2012
A friend of mine helped me find it it's actually one of her favorite stories. It's also similar to the story from the movie which I'll put under the picture and story from my friend (the story will be in my own words because I can't remember word for word from the movie LOL) http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm289/ladywalls23/Screenshot_2012-12-08-23-04-55-1.jpg That's similar to the story I hear behind that tortoises I was watching the movie. The movies story goes as; In the beginning two humans were made as one some time they would walk some times they would crawl but most of the time the roles around like they where in a ball because it made them happier. They where so happy that they didn't have fears or worries meaning they didn't have to pray to the gods which made the gods unhappy so the gods destroyed the first humana and started over. The gods feared this would happen again so Aphrodite came up with a solution promising Zeus that with this solution the new pole would always needs the gods. She took a sting of her golden hair and split the beings in half. They tried to embrace one another like they used to but they just didn't feel while. This is how love was created. The only way for them to feel whole again was for them to find there other half. This guaranteed that the people would pray to the gods for help with this journey. The gods sat in heaven getting fat from all the sacrifices and prayers.
ARoulette · 12/8/2012
I'm still waiting for her to let me know where i can find the story and the name of the person/people. As soon as I get that infotmation I'll post here :)
ARoulette · 12/8/2012
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090310155134AANZ1e8
Sassafrassle · 12/9/2012
I was just about to post that that story is from Plato's Symposium and then I saw you'd linked to the yahoo answer anyway:) So, technically a philosophic story rather than mythological but still a nice idea:)
Runemist34 · 12/9/2012
That's very interesting- I've heard other stories about how humans were made in Greek mythology as well. Man was made, and then one of the gods liked them so much that he gave them lots of gifts, including fire! And Zeus got angry with him, and sent him away from the humans (which were only male at this time), and Zeus took away the gifts. However, the god (who's name escapes me right now) came back with Fire, and gave it back. Zeus got so angry with him that he banished the god to the end of the earth, where his liver would be pecked out by a vulture (I believe) every day for "eternity." He eventually got out, but that's another story. Zeus was so upset that Man had fire again that he sent something to trip them up: he made a Woman. Her name was Pandora, and she was given a box. She was told never, ever to open the box! Then, she was sent down to be with the men, who I'm sure found her quite fascinating. She opened the box (because for Greeks, women were irrational creatures ruled by emotions, and were not actually considered "people" and thus couldn't make logical decisions), and let loose all the problems of the world. I might have it slightly jumbled... but I LOVE stories about how all this stuff came to be! I love hearing about mythologies and ideas on how the world, humans, and all of everything came about. Greek is one of my favourites ;)
GiedreB · 12/9/2012
Runemist, the god, whose liver was pecked out by an eagle and would grow back every day, was Prometheus. I am also into this stuff :) Nice to remember all these stories!