Tyche

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TYCHE

~Greek Goddess of Fortune, The Prosperity of a City, and Destiny~

Daughter of Aphrodite and either Zeus or Hermes. She was often credited for events for which nothing else, like weather conditions or politics, could be attributed.

She is often considered to mostly give good luck. However, it was thought that if she were too favorable to someone they'd give a visit from Nemesis, the Goddess of Fair Distribution, who would deliver them some bad luck to balance it out.

An Aesop fable about Tyche tries to impart the lesson that while she is the Goddess of Fate every man is actually responsible for his own fate. The story tells of a man traveling a long way. Once he's too tired to walk any longer he spots an old well and leans against it for some much-needed rest. Just as he was about to fall into the water Tyche appeared before him, woke him from his slumber, and said "Good Sir, pray wake up: for if you fall into the well, the blame will be thrown on me, and I shall get an ill name among mortals; for I find that men are sure to impute their calamities to me, however much by their own folly they have really brought them on themselves."



I had no clue what to do to represent her. I know the "Lucky" shirt is a little on the nose, but I really wanted to do either her or a God of medicine. She's tough to depict though as things like a ship rudder, cornucopia full of gold, and city wall shaped crown aren't exactly things that are easy to find.

I've had a cold all week, and I'm hoping I'll get better by tomorrow cause my friend's best friend is coming into town and I'm super excited to meet him. I won't get to spend much time with all of them due to some differences of hobbies, but I'm at least hoping he'll play pool or just tell stories about what my friend was like growing up.

At this point though no amount of medicine has made me feel any better, so luck is kinda what I need to be able to hang out tomorrow night. I hope you all also have plenty of luck in your lives. And thank you for reading.

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FLICKR

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AVATAR CREDITS

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Head: Lilly Bento Head (Catwa)
Body: Lara Body (Maitreya)
Skin: Kyla Catwa Applier - Albina (Boataom)
Body Blush: Shawty so Kawaii (Caise)

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CLOTHING CREDITS

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Hair: Molly - Vibrant (Pr!tty)
Eyes: Lana ~ Brown (S0NG)
Eyeshadow: Soiree Eyeshadow (Alaskametro<3)
Highlighter: Bebe - Sirena (The Horror!)
Lipstick: Holo Metallic Lipstick (Izzie's)
Nailpolish: Holosexual Mani (#Adored)
Shirt/Dress: Not 10am Tee Dress (Vinyl)
Leggings: Lyra Leggings (Alaskametro<3)
Glasses: Audri Glasses (Fetch)
Necklace: Infinitum Necklace (Michan)
Bracelet: Infinity Bracelet - Gold (Ninety)
Purse: Leather Bag VIP Gift (Tentacio)

Asteria

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ASTERIA

~Greek Goddess of Nocturnal Oracles and Falling Stars~

A Titaness, and daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe. She was the sister of Leto and the mother of Hekate.

Zeus was said to have pursued her in the form of an eagle, so she transformed herself into a quail and dove into the Aegean Sea. She became the island Delos which was the only place on Earth her sister Leto could give birth to Artemis and Apollo when she was fleeing Hera.

I really liked the idea of having a Goddess of Falling Stars and mother of the Goddess of Magic to be represented in a Magical Girl style. I'd had so many fun ideas for her, and it was honestly just tough to settle on one.



My motivation for choosing her this week was just that I wanted to do one that was pretty and fun. Been having a rough time at work, and honestly just really need some small fun things right now to take my mind off it. Fingers crossed things get better soon, but till then at least I've got SL and all the fun little ways I can take my mind off stress on here.

Thanks for checking it out. I hope you all are having a wonderful week.

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FLICKR

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AVATAR CREDITS

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Head: Lilly Bento Head (Catwa)
Body: Lara Body (Maitreya)
Skin: Kyla Catwa Applier - Albina (Boataom)
Body Blush: Shawty so Kawaii (Caise)

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CLOTHING CREDITS

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Hair: Stormy Hair - Medium (#Chain)
Eyes: Bunny Collection - 15 (Nini Planet)
Eyeshadow: Golden Serenity Shadow (Veechi)
Glitter: Sparkle Blush (#oohlala)
Lipstick: Fey Lipgloss (Alaskametro<3)
Dress: Star Magical Girls - Rare (Nomi)
Tights: Sheer Tights Basic (Izzie's)
Shoes: Star Magical Girls - Shoes 10 (Nomi)
Star Halo: Starburst Halo - Gold (Doe)
Headchain: Celestial Headchain - Gold (Lumae)
Necklace: Moon Choker Gift (Michan)
Body Stars: Star on me #Gold (Miwas)
Staff: Crystal Rod (Cureless)

Nike

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NIKE

~Greek God of Strength, Speed, and Victory~

She is the daughter of Pallas and Styx and she was a close companion of Zeus and Athena. She was one of the first Gods to stand with Zeus against the Titans during the Titanomachy and served as a divine charioteer.

She was said to have flown around the battlefields rewarding victors with glory and fame. Because of that, she is one of the few Gods that continued to be depicted with wings long after the Classical period.

Unlike other Gods, Nike doesn't have many surviving stories about her. But she was worshipped by all of Greece in war or peace for what she represented. She rewarded victories in battle and victories in sports. One notable story of something related to this, though less about her specifically, is the story of Pheidippides and the inspiration of the modern marathon.

It's said that when the Greeks defeated the Persians at the Battle of Marathon the messenger, Pheidippides, was sent back to Athens to deliver word of the victory. He ran as fast as he could all day long, in the hot sun until he reached the city gates. As soon as he arrived he cried out "Nike" and collapsed, dying once his duty was fulfilled. Her name alone was all the Athenians needed to hear to know that they'd been victorious, and in honor of the victory, they erected the statue Nike of Callimachus.

I liked the idea of a Goddess of war and battle to look tougher, and I thought the spikes and punk style really highlighted that in a fun way. I like the idea of gold tones in her makeup to kind of stand for trophies awards because of her role as awarding victories for sports as well as battles. For my look, I wanted to depict her winged sandals with these winged boots because I thought it gave it a more fun and modern twist.



I know that I could use a victory myself in the near future. I'm on a pool league team, and while I know the goal is to lower my handicap for the playoffs I can't help but want to do my best and show how much I'm improving. I'm on a team with my friends, and I think because they've watched me play since I started sometimes they don't really recognize how much work I've put in, and only see me as the terrible new player I was 6 months ago. But maybe if I can get a win, and really show them what I can do they'll see how far I've come.

For now though I thank you for reading any of this. I'm really loving posting all the Greek mythos things, and it's super fun to have an excuse to research various Gods every week. Next week is one I'd never really read much about until I started this project, and it just makes me more excited to think of all the other Gods I'll get to learn about throughout the year. I hope you'll all stick around and enjoy learning with me. And I hope you have a lovely day.

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FLICKR

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AVATAR CREDITS

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Head: Lilly Bento Head (Catwa)
Body: Lara Body (Maitreya)
Skin: Kyla Catwa Applier - Albina (Boataom)
Body Blush: Shawty so Kawaii (Caise)

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CLOTHING CREDITS

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Hair: Alias - Jewel (Truth)
Eyes: Wish Your Cute - Fall in Warm Eye (NEO**)
Eyeshadow: Rebel Makeup Palette (Alaskametro<3)
Highlighter: Bebe - Sirena Highlighter (The Horror!)
Lipstick: Black Magic Makeup (Alaskametro<3)
Shirt: Darlene Shirt - Torn Black (Caboodle)
Shorts: Punk Shorts - Black (Kio-Kio)
Collar: Solid Metal Spiked Collar - Onyx (Kibitz)
Bracelets: Double Bracelet (The Little Bat)
Rings: Emma Rings - Gold (Nova)
Tights: Spooky Girl Shredded Nylons (Alaskametro<3)
Shoes: Elia Boots - Black (Caboodle)

Dionysus

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DIONYSUS

~Greek God of Wine, Festivity, Theatre, and Madness~

In honor of the birthday of one of my best friends I went with Dionysus, the God he reminds me most of and my favorite God.

Son of Zeus and in some stories either Semele, Demeter, or Persephone. He was an Olympian, an Orphic diety, and at times a Chthonic deity. He is most widely known as the God that represented winemaking and wine consumption.

What people often overlook is that he was also a God of Ritual Madness. He has stories of driving people insane as punishment for actions against him. The story that highlights this best might be the time some pirates kidnapped him to sell him into slavery, so he turned into a lion and attacked them, turned the masts of their ship into snakes, and filled the ship with the sound of flutes until the ones still alive went mad and leap into the sea. He then turned those who lept into the sea into dolphins.

My favorite story of him though is the one of him and his wife, Ariadne, who he loved so much that when a nymph once tried to tempt him he refused because he was just so much more into his wife.

The story goes that Ariadne was the princess of Crete, daughter of King Minos, and half-sister to the Minotaur. When Theseus arrived to slay the Minotaur Ariadne fell in love with him. She helped him by giving him a sword and a ball of thread so he could find his way out. Once the Minotaur was slain Theseus took her as a wife and left with her, but quickly lost interest in her and abandoned her on the island of Naxos while she was asleep.

Dionysus discovered her abandoned on the island and fell in love. They were married and when Ariadne died Dionysus placed her wedding crown among the stars as the constellation Corona Borealis. Then he is said to have descended to Hades and brought her back from the dead and took her up to Olympus where she joined him in immortality as a Goddess of weaving.

I just always thought it was beautiful that he loved her so much even death itself couldn't keep them apart.

Dionysus is actually a very old God compared to some of the other Greek Gods. He was mostly worshipped in Mystery cults so the worship practices are often unknown due to the secrecy of those cults.



As for my Dionysian friend we just had his birthday party last night, though from the sound of it he's gonna be getting at least a week's worth of love and attention for it because he's just such a wonderful person to be around. We goofed around, played games, and of course drank. It was a great time.

To be honest I'm kinda in love with the guy. He's such an interesting and fun person to hang out with. His smile just makes you feel warm and happy. Any time I'm around him I feel completely safe. He's just so kind and wonderful. Whatever girl he ends up falling in love with will be the luckiest girl in the world. Though for now, he's very opposed to relationships. I wish it could be me, but I'm at least thankful for his friendship. And at the end of the day, I love him enough that being his friend is still a win.

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FLICKR

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AVATAR CREDITS

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Head: Lilly Bento Head (Catwa)
Body: Lara Body (Maitreya)
Skin: Aiko Catwa Applier [Group Gift] (Boataom)
Body Blush: Shawty so Kawaii (Caise)

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CLOTHING CREDITS

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Hair: Emma - Grayscale (Pr!tty)
Hairbase: Catwa Baby Hairs V2 (Izzie's)
Eyes: Lethe Eyes (Cureless)
Eyeshadow: Royale Makeup Set (Alaskametro<3)
Lipstick: Space Unicorn Makeup Set (Alaskametro<3)
Flower Crown: Nightmare Crown (Luas)
Dress: Sultry Dress & Harness (Caboodle)
Bracelets: Candy Bangles (Ninety)
Rings: Destiny Rings (Vibing)
Fishnets:  Pia Fishnets (Blueberry)
Shoes: Nadia Heels ~ Glitter (Vanilla Bae)
Drink: Pink Champagne (Tentacio)

Comus

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COMUS

~Greek God of Festivity, Revels, and Nocturnal Dalliances~

Finally able to post what my idea for photo themes for the year is. I'm absolutely in love with Greek Mythology so I figured what better way to show that than to do a year of modern takes on Greek Gods and Goddesses. And to start the year off right I figured we'd start with Comus, son of Dionysus. I know it's technically a few days after New Year's Eve, but I figured a god of parties would be a good one to start us off.

Not a ton is known about him really. He's said to be the son of Dionysus/Baccus and possibly Circe. Other than that all that he's really known for is being a god of excess and cup-bearer for his father.

I hope you all are excited about what the new year/decade has in store. I hope it really brings everyone lots of joy and in the spirit of Comus lots of fun times too. I know my New Year's Eve had quite a bit of drinking and fun, and I'm hoping that is a good sign for things to come.

For the look, I figured nothing says excess quite like gold, and as soon as I saw this dress I was in love. I almost didn't buy it cause I was on a limited budget, but I just kept going back to it through the day. Finally, I knew it was just the one for me, and I'm so glad. He's often depicted with a wreath of flowers, and I figured sunflowers would be a nice fun one to choose since it matches both the colors and just the fun warmth of a new year. And I just couldn't be happier with how this turned out in the end.

I'm gonna try my hardest to stick with this. I love the idea and have been brainstorming all sorts of fun looks for everyone. I've even got all of them picked out and scheduled just so I can't use not being able to pick one as an excuse. I hope everyone likes this idea as much as I do. Even if nobody ever checks them out I know I'm gonna have a great time with these.

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FLICKR

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AVATAR CREDITS

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Head: Lilly Bento Head (Catwa)
Body: Lara Body (Maitreya)
Skin: Aiko Catwa Applier [Group Gift] (Boataom)

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CLOTHING CREDITS

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Hair: My Hair - Ahri (Monso)
Eyes: Lana - Brown Eye (S0NG)
Eyeshadow: Soiree Eyeshadow (Alaskametro<3)
Highlighter: Bebe - Sirena Highlighter (The Horror!)
Lipstick: Fey Lipgloss (Alaskametro<3)
Nailpolish: Holosexual Mani and Pedi (#Adored)
Flower Crown: Sunflower Headband (Caboodle)
Dress: Cardi Dress / Light Gold (Erratic)
Necklace: My Best Necklace (Beauty Factory)
Bracelets: Infinitum Gold Bracelets (Ninety)
Rings: Destiny Rings (Vibing)
Leg Chains:  Heart Leg Chain (Vanilla Bae)
Shoes: Penelope Heels (Reign)