During my Greek Mythology class my professor told us to draw one mythological God or Hero. Most of my classmates choose to draw the popular one like Perseus, Zeus, Hercules, Aphrodite. While Me I choose to draw Hera. Because I find her very intriguing.
A young beautiful woman, said to be the most beautiful of all goddesses, even beating out Aphrodite.
Interesting Fact: Hera is said to restore her virginity each year by bathing in Kanathos, a sacred spring. One tale suggests Hera used magic to force Zeus into marrying her in a secret ceremony. Given some of Zeus’s later behavior, perhaps it was a secret even from him. Other tales have Zeus seducing her, in the form of a damp cuckoo bird seeking refuge in her lap during a storm.
The Story of Argus – sometimes I think the origin of these being are from another world or may be an alien being. Argus has a special ability to see everything around him like a modern CCTV surveillance cameras. No matter how strong and fast his opponent he can always telegraph an attack. He can evade and do a counter attack.
Hera almost caught Zeus with a mistress named Io, a fate avoided by Zeus turning Io into a beautiful white heifer. However, Hera was not completely fooled and demanded that Zeus give her the heifer as a present.
Once Io was given to Hera, she placed her in the charge of Argus to keep her separated from Zeus. Zeus then commanded Hermes to kill Argus, Hermes, disguised as a shepherd, first put all of Argus’s eyes asleep with spoken charms, and then slew him by hitting him with a stone, the first stain of bloodshed among the new generation of gods. In Ovid’s interpolation, when Hera learned of Argus’ death, she took his eyes and placed them in the plumage of the peacock, accounting for the eye pattern in its tail 39. Hera then sent a gadfly Greek oistros, compare oestrus to sting Io as she wandered the earth. Eventually Io settled in Egypt, where according to Ovid she became the Egyptian goddess Isis.
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Nonoy Manga
amazing artwork!
i’m glad you like it.
Superb! Love the explanation why the peacock feathers have eyes!
Thank you so much.
Is this your explanation? Regardless, it is still intriguing and the artwork is beautiful as always.
It’s a combination of what I read in a different books and articles. Thanks for your warm comment.
Wow… that was fascinating about the Goddess Hera turning into ISIS.
Love the history and the art.
Thank you.
Great work!
Thank you….
I love the tits
Frozen. Thank for the visit.
Beautiful art, both written and drawn!
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Thank you to your warm comment…
You are welcome!
Very cool! and enjoyed the story too!
Madame thank you for the warm comment.
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Thank you for visiting and reading my poems again. I don’t think I mentioned it before and I really should have, but you are quite talented. I’m really looking forward to watching your growth as you post on your blog. Very best of luck to you.
Thank you so much , more power to you.
Wow! Did you draw these? Amazing! At first I thought these were REAL larger than lifesize characters standing in a beautiful green meadow. Fascinating story too.
Jana
Your comment is very much appreciated.
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Brilliant! Cheers
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Great draws! Congratulations!
Many thanks for the wonderful comment.
Hi, I love the art work! I have always been interested in mythology, certainly since junior school. I didn’t know of the link between Io and Isis though – this is quite interesting. I have always thought of Isis as possibly the most important of all ancient goddesses, particularly when you consider the linkage with Christianity. Anyway I am very glad I found your blog.
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Maria thank you so much……
great blog, i find mythology very interesting i actually took the same or similar class to what you did a few years ago, your a great artist i like how you gave a new look to the traditional idea of what they look like
Sir Thank you so much for your kind words. Very encouraging.
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This is so beautiful… Fascinated me. Thank you, with my love, nia
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your stories are like good music, wise and fun, with the right bit.
Wow i like that, good music. many thanks to your kind words.
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Great to hear the story behind the art
Man I’m glad you like it. Cheers Nonoy Manga