Mythology Posters Series for Anonymous: Medusa 

 The daughter of Phorcys and Ceto, Medusa was one of the three gorgon sister along with Euryale and Stheno, with hair made of snakes and eyes that could turn people in to stone. In the later version of the myth, she was a beautiful maid raped by Poseidon in the temple of Athena, who would then transform her into a monster. She was beheaded by the hero Perseus, and from her dead body, the winged horse Pegasus and the giant Chrysaor.

Mythology Posters Series request by Anonymous: Ares

Ares is the Greek god of war, one of the twelve olympians and son of Zeus and Hera. In Greek literature, he often represents the physical or violent and untamed aspect of war. The Greeks were ambivalent toward Ares: although he embodied the physical valor necessary for success in war, he was a dangerous force, “overwhelming, insatiable in battle, destructive, and man-slaughtering.”

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Nyx, primordial goddess of the night.

Mythology Posters Series: Hebe

The ancient greek goddess of youth was a daughter of Zeus and Hera. She was the cupbearer of the Gods and Goddesses of Mount Olympus until she married the hero Heracles, and Ganymed took her place. She also drew baths for her brother Ares and helped Hera enter her chariot.Hebe was supposed to have the power to give eternal youth, and in art is typically seen with her father in the guise of an eagle, often offering a cup to him. This depiction is seen in classical engraved gems as well as later art and seems to relate to a belief that the eagle (like the phoenix) had the ability to renew itself to a youthful state.

Mythology Posters Series: Astraea

The ancient greek virgin goddess of innocence and purity, Astraea was the last of immortals to live amongst humans during the Golden Age, but fled during the Irong Age due to humanity’s newfound wickdness, thus becoming the constellation Virgo. She’s a daugther of Astraeus and Eos and is associated with Dike, Goddess of Just Judgement. According to legend, Astraea will one day return to Earth, bringing with her the return of the golden age.

Mythology Posters Series: Asteria

The Goddess of Nocturnal Oracles and Falling Stars, Asteria was the daughter of titans Coeus and Phoebe, the sister of Leto. To escape Zeus’s advances she transformed into a quail and flung herselfinto the Aegean Sea, becoming the island of Ortygia. Later this was identified as the isle of Delos, the only piece of land to give Leto, then pregnant with Artemis and Apollo and pursued by vengeful Hera, refuge. With the titant Perses she was the mother of Hecate.

Mythology Posters Series: Enyo

A greek goddess of war and destruction, she was the daughter of Zeus and Hera, a sister, female counterpart and companion to Ares. Enyo was responsible to orchestrating the destruction of cities, and along with Eris - to whom she’s often associated -, Phobos and Deimos inflicted terror and bloodshed during the fall of Troy. The Romans identified her with Bellona.

Mythology Posters: Aphrodite was the Greek Goddess of Love, Beauty, Pleasure and Procreation, arising from the sea foam after Cronus threw Ouranos’s genitals into the sea. As he feared the rivalry for her favour would lead to war, Zeus had her married to Hephaestus, but she had many lovers, mortals and gods alike, like Ares and Adonis. She played a critical role in bringing about the Trojan War by promising Paris the love of Helen, and her son, Aeneas, along with his followers, would travel to Italy and become Rome’s progenitor.

Mythology Posters: Selene was the Greek Titaness of the Moon who drove the moon chariot across the heavens , the daughter of Hyperion and Theia and sister to Helios (The Sun) and Eos (The Dawn). In Classical Times she was identified with the Goddess Artemis, and along with Hecate they were regarded as lunar goddess, though only Selene was seen as the personification of the moon itself.

Mythology Posters: Athena, also known as Pallas, is one of the Twelve Olympians and the Greek Goddess of Wisdom, Philosophy, Craft and War, though she only took part in conflicts to defend the state and home from outside enemies. She’s a daughter of Zeus and Metis, born fully armoured from her father’s head, and the patron of a Athens- something she achieved by winning a contest against Poseidon by offering the city’s inhabitants the Olive Tree.