I just noticed the snake biting him right in the heart. I rather like that image. Probably because, for me, the snake does not hold negative connotations. It is a positive symbol of the Shakti energy, the feminine principle. (Though I rather doubt it seemed so harmless to Alcyoneus.)
Cool thanks Thelma for highlights.You’re really kind.The contrary of the one you don’t even know who don’t let you have your opinion.It’s by questionning that we can ‘elevate’ ourselves.
Masculinity in ..divine glory!
I was thinking, why this image today? Then I remembered the beautiful nudes from last week. Now it is the time to admire Adam. ;]Our other half.
LOVE,
Thelma.
I thought was a scene with paradise,saw an angel,the serpent…But I come to know is an legendary greek mithology episode.I had read all,but some of the stories I already forgot.Good to refresh my memory.Thanks for information,dear Savita Vega.
Interesting choice.I wonder why that choice?Perhaps there’s no particular meaning.Don’t like it much.I prefer Poseidon or Jupiter,Athena,Hera,Artemis ect..to name a few.
So expressive the face! Even Giants know terror when they realize they have met their equal in battle. Alcyoneus, one of the the Titans of Greek mythology, was born fully clad in armor and invincible, so long as his feet remained firmly planted on his native soil. He led the Titans in their attempt to overthrow the Olympians, the gods who had usurped their power. Heracles, half-mortal, was called in to defeat the Titans because it had been prophesied that only a mortal would be able to kill them. Athena was the one, however, who gave Heracles the secret formula – she told him that he must lift Alcyoneus up from off the earth and carry him beyond the borders of his native land. He did as she recommended, and thus was able to slay Alcyoneus.
I don’t why it is exactly, but I always feel great sympathy for characters such as Alcyoneus. Perhaps it is because of the apparent element of pre-destiny so prevalent in Greek mythology. It is as though the fates of all are predetermined, even from birth, and they have no choice, no other option, but to live out the course of a destiny that they did not freely choose. With characters like Alcyoneus, it is like they were born to be killed, created merely to live out some horrible and pre-fated end. They never get the chance to change, to grow, to become something more. This, to me, seems extremely tragic and, so, even though we are meant to be on the side of the Olympians in this battle, I still feel deeply the terror and anguish of Alcyoneus.
There are characters like this in modern fiction. Usually they are the ones who became what they are – criminals, murderers, psychopaths, drug dealers, etc. – because of the conditions in which they were raised: impoverished, neglected or abused by parents, etc. They do not grow or change, they do not “repent” and become good, because they are too deeply rooted in the darkness that surrounds them. All their choices have been taken away. They simply are what they are. But sometimes a writer or a filmmaker will portray one of these characters as deeply human, will give us some small glimpse into their hearts and allow us to see that, beneath the hardened exterior, they are essentially like us – evil as they may be, they are still human. In fiction, these are often my favorite characters, not the “good guys,” not the ones all perfect, who wear white hats, but the ones who are irredeemable and yet who somehow speak to our common sense of humanity, who illicit our sympathy although, in the eyes of justice, they are deserving of no such mercy.
in the movie “Fargo” – Gaear Grimsrud
in the movie “Spun” – the character played by Micky Rourke
in the TV mini-series “Lonesome Dove – Jake Spoon
I believe that when we look for love courageously, it reveals itself, and we attract even more love. If one person really wants us, everyone does. But if we’re alone, we become even more alone. Life is strange…
Hi Savita,
Thank you for the information. Was wondering who this particular Greek character was…
Good to know you think differently about snakes!!!
Cheers,
Sheela.
I just noticed the snake biting him right in the heart. I rather like that image. Probably because, for me, the snake does not hold negative connotations. It is a positive symbol of the Shakti energy, the feminine principle. (Though I rather doubt it seemed so harmless to Alcyoneus.)
i feel and see the snake and the woman = temptation!!!!!
Cool thanks Thelma for highlights.You’re really kind.The contrary of the one you don’t even know who don’t let you have your opinion.It’s by questionning that we can ‘elevate’ ourselves.
Broken vessel when love departs
Masculinity in ..divine glory!
I was thinking, why this image today? Then I remembered the beautiful nudes from last week. Now it is the time to admire Adam. ;]Our other half.
LOVE,
Thelma.
FAITH.Until the death part us.
What should I say? I only say:Beautiful Batle!More elocvent than that you couldn`t choos it!
Love,
Mirela(the woman in elevator)
I thought was a scene with paradise,saw an angel,the serpent…But I come to know is an legendary greek mithology episode.I had read all,but some of the stories I already forgot.Good to refresh my memory.Thanks for information,dear Savita Vega.
Interesting choice.I wonder why that choice?Perhaps there’s no particular meaning.Don’t like it much.I prefer Poseidon or Jupiter,Athena,Hera,Artemis ect..to name a few.
So expressive the face! Even Giants know terror when they realize they have met their equal in battle. Alcyoneus, one of the the Titans of Greek mythology, was born fully clad in armor and invincible, so long as his feet remained firmly planted on his native soil. He led the Titans in their attempt to overthrow the Olympians, the gods who had usurped their power. Heracles, half-mortal, was called in to defeat the Titans because it had been prophesied that only a mortal would be able to kill them. Athena was the one, however, who gave Heracles the secret formula – she told him that he must lift Alcyoneus up from off the earth and carry him beyond the borders of his native land. He did as she recommended, and thus was able to slay Alcyoneus.
I don’t why it is exactly, but I always feel great sympathy for characters such as Alcyoneus. Perhaps it is because of the apparent element of pre-destiny so prevalent in Greek mythology. It is as though the fates of all are predetermined, even from birth, and they have no choice, no other option, but to live out the course of a destiny that they did not freely choose. With characters like Alcyoneus, it is like they were born to be killed, created merely to live out some horrible and pre-fated end. They never get the chance to change, to grow, to become something more. This, to me, seems extremely tragic and, so, even though we are meant to be on the side of the Olympians in this battle, I still feel deeply the terror and anguish of Alcyoneus.
There are characters like this in modern fiction. Usually they are the ones who became what they are – criminals, murderers, psychopaths, drug dealers, etc. – because of the conditions in which they were raised: impoverished, neglected or abused by parents, etc. They do not grow or change, they do not “repent” and become good, because they are too deeply rooted in the darkness that surrounds them. All their choices have been taken away. They simply are what they are. But sometimes a writer or a filmmaker will portray one of these characters as deeply human, will give us some small glimpse into their hearts and allow us to see that, beneath the hardened exterior, they are essentially like us – evil as they may be, they are still human. In fiction, these are often my favorite characters, not the “good guys,” not the ones all perfect, who wear white hats, but the ones who are irredeemable and yet who somehow speak to our common sense of humanity, who illicit our sympathy although, in the eyes of justice, they are deserving of no such mercy.
in the movie “Fargo” – Gaear Grimsrud
in the movie “Spun” – the character played by Micky Rourke
in the TV mini-series “Lonesome Dove – Jake Spoon