Harmonia and Kadmos — Kaysha Siemens graphite on pergamenata paper, 5x7 inches.Harmonia,
Harmonia and Kadmos — Kaysha Siemens graphite on pergamenata paper, 5x7 inches.Harmonia, goddess of harmony, was the daughter of Aphrodite and Ares. At her wedding to the mortal Kadmos (Cadmus), Harmonia was gifted a cursed necklace by the still-angered Hephaestus, a necklace which would be passed through her line and influence many an ill fate, from Semele to Aktaion (Actaeon) to Oedipus, among others. Harmonia and Kadmos nevertheless had a loving and fruitful marriage, but their lives together were cut short when one day they were transformed into serpents. Ovid’s Metamorphoses tells of how in his last moments, Kadmos embraced his weeping love first as man and then as serpent, and their coils twined together as she in turn met her matching fate. -- source link
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