What is our favourite #ancientGreek play?

Mine is The Frogs by Aristophanes. 🐸

#WorldTheatreDay #ancientGreece #ancientGreekReligion #theatre

Since today is #WorldTheatreDay – you all know this already – but #Dionysos is the God of Theatre!

#Theatre performances were held in his honour and probably evolved from the jokes made during the Dionysia's procession of phalloi 🎭

@mythology @pagan #PhallusThursday #ancientGreece #ancientGreekReligion

@khthoniaa Also, importantly, you can *eat* the offerings! The ancients did that and so can you! Unless it is an offering to chthonic deities, the idea is that the gods enjoy the smell (knise) of the offering but don't consume the food itself, so it's absolutely fine to eat.

#HellenicPaganism #HellenicPolytheism #ancientGreekReligion #paganism #ancientGreece

The Temple of #Poseidon, Cape Sounion, #Greece

https://www.tumblr.com/illustratus/703707657016672256

#ancientGreekReligion #GreekRomanArt #photography #MoonMonday

Do you wanna learn about the sacred plants of the #GreekGods?
I made a handy list here:

https://www.eroticmythology.com/sacred-plants-greek-gods/

#hellenicPolytheism #mythology #GreekMythology #paganism #ancientGreekReligion @mythology @antiquidons @pagan

#Zeus Teleios and #Hera Teleia are #gods that are made perfect in their #marriage. Their surnames quite literally translate to mean "having reached its end, finished, complete, perfect, entire, fulfilled" (LSJ).

#Hesiod says of Zeus: "Lastly, he made Hera his blooming wife: and she was joined in love with the king of gods and men, and brought forth #Hebe and #Ares and #Eileithyia" (Theogony, 921). She is His FINAL wife; a goddess chosen specially by Zeus to help him govern the cosmos.

In their #book "The Hera of Zeus: Intimate Enemy, Ultimate Spouse," scholars Gabriella Pironti and Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge describe the will of Zeus as being identical to that of Hera. This truth is exemplified in the #Iliad—Hera, who is lobbying for a #Greek victory at #Troy, steers Zeus's mind when she feels he is acting in ways that contradict his will.

In the introduction to Richmond Lattimore's translation of the Iliad, it is mentioned how early in the Epic Cycle, Zeus decided the winners of the #Trojan war centuries before it even took place. Despite this, he favors the Trojans over the Greeks because of their unwavering piety. He additionally considers saving his son—Sarpedon—from dying on the battlefield, but Hera reminds him that in doing so, the rest of the deathless gods would have free reign to save their children, too.

Hera frequently challenges Zeus in this way. And #Homer describes these interactions as being explosive, with Zeus often threatening violence which sends Hera fleeing. Regardless of this, though, he eventually succumbs to her wishes, knowing full well that Her will is His, and the pair reconcile.

Gabriella Pironti and Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge posit that the constant back-and-forth between the two divine sovereigns—Their endless falling apart and coming back together—serves as a cycle of renewal that balances the cosmos in perpetuity.

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“Τῳ Διί ὓπάτῳ,” or “To Zeus the Highest.”

I commissioned an artisan to make this Archaic–style temple key some months back; in #Homer’s day, priestly officials used these same keys to open sacred precincts, just as #Athena’s priestess Theano does in the #Iliad (6.297 – 301). (:

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Apparently, St. Paul once described #Athens, #Greece as a city 'over–run with idols' (Acts 17.16).

He'd be disappointed to know this hasn't changed! When #traveling to Athens, I was astounded by the number of ancient statues available for purchase in the square (:

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I'm currently in the trenches of my seasonal depression. Once it passes, though, I'm gonna try to be more active on here!

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