The Apple of Discord

Story: in the story The Judgement of Paris which, according to Greek mythology, was what the goddess Eris (Gr. Ἔρις, “Strife”) tossed in the midst of the feast of the gods at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis as a prize of beauty, thus sparking a vanity-fueled dispute among Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite that eventually led to the Trojan War

Tattoo Idea

A skull shaped apple with the word ΤΗΙ ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΗΙ on it, surrounded by four hands. The apple descending from a darkening clawed hand (Eris), and about to land in the middle of three feminine hands (Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera)

Hades & Persephone Tattoo

Story: Hades fell in love with Persephone and decided to kidnap her. The myth says that in one of the rare times he left the Underworld, he traveled above ground to pursue her, while she was gathering flowers in a field.

One day Hades, God of the Underworld, saw Persephone and instantly fell in love with her.

Adis (Hades) confided his secret in his brother Zeus, asking for help, so the two of them concocted a plan to trap her. As the girl (Persephone) played with her companions, they caused the ground to split underneath her.

Persephone slipped beneath the Earth and Hades stole her to the Underworld where he made her his wife.

The myth says that Persephone was very unhappy, but after much time, she came to love the cold-blooded Hades and lived happily with him.

There are different interpretations of this myth, my favorite being Persephone wanted to go with Hades and knowingly ate the pomegranate seeds that made her stay with hades half the year.

Tattoo idea:

Geometric tattoo of skull, pomegranate, flowers and gem stones for hades god of the dead and earthly riches and Persephone goddess of spring and the pomegranate that bound her to the underworld

Words: What Hades gave me was a crown made for the immortal flowers in my bones