Baron Cain

May232013

Herakles (Hercules) and Dionysus are often associated. One myth tells of Dionysus and Herakles having an all-night drinking contest, although Herakles kept up, he fell asleep just before sunrise. For losing Herakles joined the troop of Dionysus and travelled with the god for a time, giving rise to popular motives of drunken Herakles in art.
Like Dionysus, Herakles was born from Zeus and a mortal woman and constantly tormented by Hera and sent insane. This results in the death of his wife and children, a crime that can only be redeemed through the Twelve labours. During the difficult labours he ventured the world, engaging in many love affairs with women and men and siring a generation of kings. Eventually, Herakles was poisoned, which made his flesh melt from his body, in agony he built his own funeral pyre and killed himself. The fire burnt his mortality away and Herakles ascended to heaven as a divine protector of mankind.

Image: Drunken Heracles from the House of Stags, Herculaneum, Italy.

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snorl4x:

my legacy

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coelasquid:

tapthatguy-x-version:

nothingexceedslikeexcess:

OUT: Headband.

5 MINS AGO: Bandana.

IN: Turban.

SURE, I see this look at the gym all the time.

I am wearing one right now.

It’s always frustrating when people post things like this without naming the featured model/actor/subject otherwise.

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erisakablu:

quailian:

“Do you want the mustache on, or off?”

off please….

Too bad…

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warlockzoo:

The Doctor Who Tarot Spread

Love this. I’ll be trying it soon

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dearscarlet:

Dear Scarlet,
About a month ago you asked if you could have a “circle mohawk” again. I told you to think about it because you’ve been growing your hair out for so long and I didn’t want you to regret it. On Sunday night I told you I had a hair appointment with Allison the next day. You asked if you could get your hair cut like that again, but you were laying down for bed and not supposed to be talking so I ignored you. The next day you asked twice, so I finally said I didn’t care and that you look beautiful whatever you decide. The last time your hair was like this you weren’t in school yet, I was so nervous about kids being cruel. I walked you to school on Tuesday morning and stayed awhile to make sure everything was going to go smoothly, which it did. When I picked you up you said, “Olivia liked my hair. She said she didn’t want her hair like this, but she liked mine like this. And we’re still friends. That’ just like how I don’t want to have purple hair like Allison, but I love Allison’s purple hair. You don’t have to have all the same stuff as your friends.” Wise beyond your years, baby child. I’m so proud of you and how you have the courage to be exactly who you want to be, despite any other outside influences. While we’re on the topic of gender, when I was at parent teacher conferences a few months ago a mom of this little boy approached me. She told me how he wanted to paint his nails and go to school. She let him. When he came home he said, “Scarlet loved my nails, Mom!” I’ve never been so proud.

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