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“The term Ελληνισμός (Hellenism) was used in antiquity first by the grammarians and Strabo to denote "correct Greek." Then in biblical passages, it means "Greek habits;" in the Acts of the Apostles (6:1; 9:29), the term Hellenistai means more than just "those who act in a Greek
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“The Greek language is one of only three, among those now spoken and written anywhere in the world, that can boast a continuous written tradition stretching back for more than three thousand years. The others are Chinese and Hebrew. The collective heroes and heroines of the story
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"Hades, unlike the Olympians, had virtually no cult following. There were no grand temples to Hades, no giant cult statues. His only real worship site seems to have been in southern Greece, where the Eleans had built a temple to him, and at Mount Minthe near Elis was a temenos,
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Aphrodite.
AI gives a glimpse into an alternative timeline of Medieval Hellenism.
Hekate in the style of a ‘Byzantine’ mosaic.
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AI gives a glimpse into an alternative timeline of Medieval Hellenism.
Hekate in the style of a ‘Byzantine’ mosaic.
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Wishing you all a very Happy New Year.
May Dionysus fill your celebrations with joy and may you all have a true moment of liberation from the mundane.
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Hestia
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“Asclepius healer of all, master physician, You charm the many pains, misery, and disease of man, Soothing, doughty one, come bring back health, And end my maladies and the strident certainty of death….” Portion of the Orphic Hymn to Asclepius
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🗣️ “Apollo, God of sun, and the idea of light, send your rays and light the sacred torch for the hospitable city of Paris. And you, Zeus, give peace to all peoples on earth and wreath the winners of the Sacred Race.”
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Some photos of the Phallephoria festival in the historic center of Athens, celebrating Dionysus and the coming of spring. The Phallephoria is being revived thanks to the efforts of the Labrys religious community and their supporters.
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Alternative Hekate.
AI gives a glimpse into an alternative timeline of Medieval Hellenism.
Hekate in the style of a ‘Byzantine’ mosaic.
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Demeter
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Last one for today. Poseidon. The most realistic looking one I think looks like it’s on the wall of the building.
AI gives a glimpse into an alternative timeline of Medieval Hellenism.
Hekate in the style of a ‘Byzantine’ mosaic.
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“There were essentially three elements and stages in Greek religion: chthonian, Olympian, and mystic. The first was probably of Pelasgo-Mycenaean origin, the second probably Achaeo-Dorian, the third Egypto-Asiatic. The first worshiped subterranean, the second celestial,
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January is named after the God Janus. Janus has no parallel in the Greek pantheon, making him an exclusively Roman god. A duel headed, with one head looking forward and the other behind, he marked actual and metaphorical thresholds in time and space.
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Pandora / Πανδώρα
Pandora is etymologically linked to "pandoros," a term often used for Earth, revealing Pandora's hidden meaning.
Ancient Greeks didn't just see Earth as an element but as the entire realm of creation at a perceivable level. Thus, Pandora as an archetype
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"...a god can be seen as a complex network or cluster of powers. On the one hand, each god is defined by his or her own powers, competences, attributes, and so on—its own network; on the other hand, it is characterized by relationships and associations with
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Queen Hestia daughter of mighty Krónos,
You dwell in the center of the home with your vast everlasting fire,
You purify the initiates of these rites,
Inspire endless youth, wealth, benevolences, and holiness.
You are the dwelling-place of the happy Gods and the strong support
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The ninth year of the Phalleforia in the historical center of Athens by the LABRYS community.
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Asclepius
AI gives a glimpse into an alternative timeline of Medieval Hellenism.
Hekate in the style of a ‘Byzantine’ mosaic.
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“Covering the whole of the ancient Greek experience from its beginnings late in the third millennium BCE to the Roman conquest in 30 BCE, Out of One, Many is an accessible and lively introduction to the Greeks and their ways of living and thinking. In this fresh and witty
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Mosaic of Hermes with the infant Dionysos from 4th century CE. [On display in the Worcester Art Museum.]
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Delphic Maxim of the Week. Praise Hope.
“Hope is a great treasure. We all hope, and nurturing hope, for yourself, but also inspiring it in others, is truly the way of the Light! For we all live in uncertain circumstances, too often life is bleak and dark.
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Delphic Maxim of the Week : Live together meekly
“Living in community with others is the greatest gift. For what good is all the wealth of the world, when you are alone? If you are able to share, you will find a community, and your life will have meaning far
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While it did snow a little today, the trending warmer weather hails the return of Persephone. Rejoice, oh Divine Mother!
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Coming soon.
I am still working on my review of Secrets of Greek Mysticism: A Modern Guide to Daily Practice with the Greek Gods and Goddesses.
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@archeohistories
@TheAncientWorld
Here are some of them being molded by the Greek community in NY when Dr. Jones presented them in 2019.
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This account was called “Mystical Greek Nationalism” by a classicist with unexamined anti-Greek sentiments.
Is this what he means? 😂
I am confused by the statement.
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Delphic Maxim of the week. Exercise prudence
“To be prudent means to be careful, but also think, to act intelligently. The wise person will always be careful in the things he does. Otherwise he would be reckless and endanger others and himself.
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"One way for the pagans to conceal their faith, but still maintain private shrines in their homes, was to commission icons, ostensibly in the Christian style to fool the authorities..."
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Reminder. AntiGreek sentiment goes together with white supremacy.
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Ζεύς ἐστιν αἰθήρ, Ζεὺς δὲ γῆ, Ζεὺς δ᾽οὐρανός,
Ζεύς τοι τὰ πάντα χὤ τι τῶνδ᾽ ὑπέρτερον.
Zeus is the aether, Zeus the earth, Zeus the sky:
Indeed, Zeus is everything, and whatever is beyond that.
Aesch. Heliad. Frag. 70 R
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Delphic Maxim of the Week : Know Yourself
“This is probably the most well known of the Delphic Maxims, Know Yourself, or also Be Yourself. Knowing yourself and Being yourself are here one and the same, or, two expressions of the same idea. If you look at the former two maxims,
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Delphic Maxim of the Week. Respect Yourself.
“A man who does not respect himself can not expect others to respect him, and you can not trust him. It would be like building a house on quicksand. Therefore you must learn first and foremost to cultivate self-respect.
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Delphic Maxim of the Week. Long for wisdom.
The wise man is he who seeks wisdom. I find it remarkable that Apollo tells us to long for wisdom, for here it is the path that counts, more than any achievement we can name. Who can define what wisdom is? We seek it, we develop it,
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"We hymn the lineage of many names, of she born
from the foam, the mighty royal fount from which
all the deathless winged Erotes have sprung. Some shoot at souls with transcendent arrows so that, receiving the spiritual goads of desire, they may long to seethe fiery courts
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Delphic Maxim of the Week. Grieve for no one.
“Do not let yourself be overcome by grief. It is not the way of the noble to let grief overcome you, whether a friendship broke apart, a love or someone died. It is not good to wallow in grief.
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When Rome was born, it spoke Latin. When it died, it spoke Greek.
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“Ancient Greek wedding in Akragas (Agrigento) overlooking the temple of Hera.”
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On Greek and Latin.
Ancient Greek transitioned into modern Greek through a gradual and continuous process within the same speech community. This evolution involved phonetic changes, like the loss of vowel length distinction, and grammatical simplifications, such as the
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Delphic Maxim of the Week. Pursue harmony.
“Harmony is, when all different parts come together. It is when we all are free to be ourselves, and yet create the Common Good. When peace and respect reign our affairs, balance is the leading maxim and nobody is oppressed
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PHANES was the primordial god (protogenos) of creation in the Orphic cosmogony. He was the generator of life--the driving force behind reproduction in the early cosmos. Phanes was hatched from the world-egg, .
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How much can a modern Greek understand Ancient Greek? Using Hesiod as an example….
In bright yellow, words we use today, can understand their meaning fine. No training required.
In orange, words we can work out if we extrapolate from similar structures.
Unmarked, words we
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“All multitude participates in a certain respect of the one.”
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Prayer to Apollo written by AI
Oh Apollo, god of the sun,
Your radiance illuminates all,
Your wisdom and knowledge, unrivaled and unmatched,
Your presence fills us with wonder and awe.
Your lyre sings melodies of divine harmony,
Your arrows of truth pierce through all lies,
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"ἦ μάλα τις θεὸς ἔνδον, οἳ οὐρανὸν εὐρὺν ἔχουσι"
"There must be a God among us, from those who possess the broad heavens."
(Odyssey 19.40)
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“Why do the gods trouble to heed these spells and herbs, and fear to despise them? What mutual bond puts constraint upon them? Must they obey, or do they take pleasure in obedience? Is this subservience the reward of some piety unknown to us, or is it extorted by
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"Paganism was never a religion and there were no pagans before Christianity. Christians invented paganism, not only as a term, but also as a system."
Maijastina Kahlos, Debate and Dialogue: Christian and Pagan Cultures c. 360-430
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Delphic Maxim of the Week. Keep yourself from insolence.
Apollon as God of Light and Order values good manners. That is what differs the person of good character from the barbarian. Do not act impertinent, audacious and with pretension.
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Delphic Maxim of the Week - Nothing in Excess
Nothing in excess, or "All in Moderation" is one of the most well known of the Delphic Maxims, and sort of the heart of the virtues of Apollo. The great Aristotle wrote at great length about the principle of moderation as a guideline
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Delphic Maxim of the week. Do not tire of learning. Learning is always good, never cease learning. The open mind will always welcome the chance to learn something new. Learning when you are young will prepare you for when you get older, it will come to fruition only in the future
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Delphic Maxim of the week. Control yourself
“Pythagoras said, a person without self-control can never be free. Too easily people become slaves of their own passions, their own emotions. That is not to say passion and emotions are bad.
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Delphic Maxim of the Week. Shun Evil.
“It is said that a person of good character shuns people of bad character. When you can chose your company, avoid bad people, for the company you chose will either elevate you or drag you down. This is of course especially the case
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Delphic Maxim of the Week. Observe what you have heard.
“This maxim returns to the topic of awareness. Observe tie world around you, mind what you hear. Be attentive to the people around you. Many people are just fond of talking and do not really listen; they just use what
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Delphic Maxim of the Week
Do not make fun of the dead
It is said that about the dead the noble speaks no ill word. Mocking the dead is greatly displeasing to the Gods and will incur their wrath upon you. You do not have to lie, when someone dies and claim falsely how noble
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"..Hera is a lovely one (ἐρατή) as indeed, Zeus is said to have married her for love. But perhaps the lawgiver had natural phenomena in mind, and called her Hera (Ἥρα) as a disguise for ἀήρ (air), putting the beginning at the end." Plato, Cratylus
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Hellenism is NOT “white European civilization”
It is Greek civilization.
@HearthHellenism
Here we go again with the typical anti-white bs. Hellenism is White European civilization period. The Greeks considered the Persians barbarians not because of their color or looks, or because of their lack of civilization, but because of their inferior virtues.
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@saileshggupta
Unlike Sanskrit, Greek has remained in continuous use as a spoken and literary language. Sanskrit's use has predominantly been in religious (Hindu and Buddhist) and classical literary contexts. It has not been a vernacular language since late antiquity.
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Delphic Maxim of the week. Restrain the tongue.
One who says nothing, can say nothing foolish.
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τί θεός; τὸ πάν.
What is God? Everything. - Pindar
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"Apart from you life and generation cannot be found.” Orphic Hymn to Hera
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Delphic Maxim of the Week - Be Kind to Friends.
“Kindness is a small thing, and yet it betters the world in limitless ways. We take so many things for granted, until they are gone. Even if someone just does his job, thank him. Even when it is something trivial, be kind.
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Delphic Maxim of the Week. Long for Wisdom.
“The wise man is he who seeks wisdom. I find it remarkable that Apollo tells us to long for wisdom, for here it is the path that counts, more than any achievement we can name. Who can define what wisdom is? We seek it, we develop it,
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Delphic Maxim of the Week - Be grateful
“A person who cannot be grateful can not develop virtue. We all depend on so many things outside of ourselves: The civilization built by millennia of people before us, our country, the city which shelters us,
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Aphrodite’s Bath (Cyprus) it is the custom to dip your toe into the water for Aphrodite’s blessing concerning fertility.
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«Plotinus (204/5 – 270 C.E.), is generally regarded as the founder of Neoplatonism. He is one of the most influential philosophers in antiquity after Plato and Aristotle.»
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"The age of Enlightenment – the so-called age of reason – was also, paradoxically, the age of the Eleusinian mysteries. By attempting to reveal Demeter's secret cult, British, French, and German thinkers and freemasons of the eighteenth century revealed Christianity's pagan
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Delphic Maxim of the Week. Pursue harmony
“Harmony is, when all different parts come together. It is when we all are free to be ourselves, and yet create the Common Good. When peace and respect reign our affairs, balance is the leading maxim and nobody is oppressed by
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Praise Artemis of Ephesus.
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was located on the western coast of Asia Minor (modern Turkey) and built in the 6th century BCE. Such was its tremendous size, double the dimensions of other Greek temples including the Parthenon...
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Delphic Maxim of the Week. Nothing in Excess.
“Nothing in excess, or "All in Moderation" is one of the most well known of the Delphic Maxims, and sort of the heart of the virtues of Apollo. The great Aristotle wrote al great length about the principle of moderation as a
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Delphic Maxim of the Week. Be happy with what you have.
There are two kind of people who seek: those who want to flee from where they are, and those who desire what they seek. Wanting to better your fate is not wrong. if you do it for the right reasons.
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@RomeInTheEast
Yes. A very good book. I liked the approach and perspective he takes by highlighting our identities.
“The story of these Greek speakers will turn out to be a story about identity— or rather, about identities, in the plural. Greek speakers have been adept, ever since we first get
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Great Hekate, Goddess wondering at night
I call upon to you, provide me extended sight
You guide me through the shadows and the dark
Your light a beacon, a guiding spark
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Greece has become the first Christian Orthodox-majority country to legalize same-sex marriage.
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“Diana of Ephesus as an Allegory of Nature" by Joseph Werner (1680)
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Arrived today
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Delphic Maxim of the Week. Seek the Wise.
“Seeking out wise people is the first step to become wise yourself. [f you want to learn, seek out those who are learned. Especially the classics are so rich and full of wisdom, often much more practical than modern thinkers.
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It was fun to see all the reactions to this.
For those who are confused.
This account is run by Greek-Cypriot American.
I have a MA in History.
I am very GAY.
I am against white supremacy.
I am against all forms of appropriation of Hellenism be it from the left or the
Reminder. AntiGreek sentiment goes together with white supremacy.
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Greek Myths for a Post-Truth World
Yiannis Gabriel examines what ancient Greek myths can teach us about the troubles and challenges of our 'post-truth' times: environmental degradation, mass migration, war, inequality, exclusion, authoritarianism and perplexing technological
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Delphic Maxim of the Week. Be happy with what you have
“There are two kind of people who seek: those who want to flee from where they are, and those who desire what they seek. Wanting to better your fate is not wrong, if you do it for the right reasons.
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And Athens, O Athena, is thy own! Great goddess, hear! and on my dark'ned mind
Pour thy pure light in measure unconfined;
That sacred light, O all-protecting queen,
Which beams eternal from thy face serene
From Proclus' Hymn to Athena
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Delphic Maxim of the Week. Benefit yourself.
“Being kind and good is the hallmark of the virtuous man. But we should never be good at the expense of our own foundation. Everyone has some self interest, and it is righteous and prudent to follow it.
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Delphic Maxim of the week. Do not be discontented by life
All life is sacred, for it is the gift of the Gods, and while you are free to do with that gift as you wish, including ending it, when you feel it is no longer fit for you, you must value the live given to you!
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“In this volume, both education and religion are seen as socially embedded and embodied phenomena. Accordingly, both concepts do not prove to be two separated areas, but they are rather intertwined in a variety of ways. When elements of education are specifically geared towards
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