Looking for mythology in Athens

Looking for mythology in Athens

I study Comparative Mythology and I have a trip scheduled to Athens from the 9th to the 14th of January, to visit and do field research in Greek Mythology for 5 days. Unfortunat...

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I study Comparative Mythology and I have a trip scheduled to Athens from the 9th to the 14th of January, to visit and do field research in Greek Mythology for 5 days. Unfortunately, life takes turns and I can't pay for accommodation or food.

Hello! I'm Luna Kirsche (Maria João) and I'm studying Comparative Mythology and I have a trip scheduled to Athens to visit and do field research in Greek Mythology for 5 days. Unfortunately, life takes turns and I can't pay for accommodation or food.

The last year has been quite complicated, I work as a freelancer, as a designer, illustrator and teacher but always trying to find a full-time job, but in vain. I started studying Mythology at Instituto Dédalus (Brazil), the wonders of the online world and distance education. I'm loving it, each month we study a different mythology, and of course the first one was Greek.

September was a month that seemed like everything was getting better, new projects were starting to arrive, I had a trip planned to Valencia in October, which ended up being offered by a friend, and then a super promotion for Athens appeared, with the money that was for Valencia I bought the flight to Athens.

But not everything is rosy... projects have been postponed, many of the works are taking months to be paid for and I'm starting to lose hope of going to Athens.

Thanks!

About the author

My name is Luna Kirsche (Maria João) and I am many things: Designer, Illustrator, Teacher specializing in oriental painting, podcaster...

In May 2023 I started studying Comparative Mythology. I'm fascinated by History and Archeology and everything we can learn from them, especially Myths and Legends from people's beliefs. My podcast is about that. It's called Luna Partilha Mitos e Lendas and came to fill the lack of podcasts in Portuguese (from Portugal) about Myths and Legends. What I do is simply investigate short stories and retell them on the podcast.

I have a huge fascination with pre-Roman people - Celts, Lusitanians, Iberians, Picts, etc. Whenever I travel within Europe I take the opportunity to research some of these people.

Everything serves as inspiration for my personal illustrations, and mythology is an ally in being able to incorporate symbolism into my creations, everything has a meaning, everything can tell a story.

Budget and due dates

Campaign until the 5th (if I don't get the amount, I can cancel the hotel at no cost)

Departure from Lisbon on January 9th

Return from Athens on January 14th

The hotel I booked in September costs €278.85

Transport pass - €8.10

Museums and Historic Sites Pass - €80

Food - €50

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