I arrive in Delphi hoping to go to the temple and consult the oracle, but while we were traveling Greece went into lockdown, we were alone in the ghost town, and the temples were closed. In the morning a strange humming sound woke us and we saw a cloud of bees floating up the valley from the sea just as they had in the times of the Pythia.

Odysseus' boat arrives on Aeaea but Circe doesn't like the look of his men so she turns them into pigs.

This is the area to introduce viewers to the context of this image. Briefly explain what it represents, why it matters, and how it aligns with the theme of your gallery.

Really a bum date, having ravaged the temple maiden Io, Zeus is in trouble with his jealous wife Hera. So Zeus turns her into a cow, as one does. Unfortunately Hera is not fooled and sends a giant gadfly to torment her.....

Medusa in the eely depths

The first woman Pandora, left with instructions DO NOT OPEN this jar, but of course she does, unleasheing the 'beautiful evil' on mankind. Pandora, like Eve; like the absinthe drinker, refusing to let Man rot away in his man cave....

Persephone, or a pre Raphaelite muse posing as Persephone, or me on the river posing as a pre Raphaelite muse after a trip down river to the Tate gallery with the ghost of the fighting Temeraire behind me.

A more genuinely terrifying vision of Medusa, this is one you could hang in your hallway to ward off evil spirits , chancers and feral foxes trying to break in.....

One of my favourite goddesses, she later got promoted to be Venus Cloacina, Goddess of purification fertility and desire

Zeus famoso lighning bolts, this one used to transform the temple maiden into a heifer .........

Yeah kind of obsessed with this story......

One thing I like about Greek Myths is that the goddesses get to behave just as badly as the Gods. Lets not talk about how Christianity replaced the polyamorous love goddess with the virgin mother as #1 female deity, it was a sad day......

So many levels to this myth, in this one Persephone in owning it as queen of the underworld and not at all missing her other life as a glorified corn idol

I realise that this photo is actually taken at paestum now in Italy but was once Magna Graecia so it's a greek temple ......in case anyone is fact checking

Circe and Percy hanging in Temptation exhibition in Xania in Crete - it was very much appreciated by women who visited the show, but I had to explain to a few men that this is Circe's opinion not ( necessarily) mine......