#Greece Beyond

[sag-dab-sar]

Greek erasure is increasing massively in Hellenic Polytheist/Pagan community (on Tumblr) right now. And that is not okay.

[pelideswhore]

Achilles: Can I ask a dumb question?

Patroclus: Better than anyone I know.

[demeterdefence]

my energy has been low lately so i've stuck to just liveblogging chapter releases, but i was thinking earlier about why lore olympus really nettles me and it's truly indicative of a wider issue.

it's disappointing that a major ancient religion that is still practiced by some people today has been reduced to a caricature of itself, and i say this knowing that there are thousands of reinterpretations of the greek myths, there will always be a new opinion or retelling of them. retelling the myth of hades and persephone isn't necessarily the issue, so much as the constant and dripping disdain to the cultural roots. we don't need to be greek to appreciate the story, but why remove everything greek from it? why westernize every aspect and remove ties to the cultural roots? why whitewash everything from a myth thousands of years old?

part of the reason these myths continue to resonate with us is because the themes are still relevant today. the loss of a child, the struggle against impossible forces, the (often patriarchal) powers against you, a mothers love. these stories hold power, they gave hope and inspiration, they created meaning and connection, and they were vital to the people who lived in that time, in that place. they will resonate with us for many years still, but stripping the roots and core of it out only makes it a hollow, shallow imitation. it's reality tv with neon colours, no love or heritage present; it's cold and shiny and plastic, and it insults what it claims to portray.

[schlock-luster-video]

On January 27, 1999, Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome was released on DVD in Greece.

[elinordash]

17th of November & Les Mis Letters

Let me just say how emotional I find this very Hugoian coincidence: the day we read about the fall of the barricade coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising, a student demonstration against the military dictatorship that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974. During this revolt, the university students went on strike, barricading themselves inside the Athens Polytechnic, while thousands of people joined them outside its gates. The riot ended in bloodshed: the army opened fire against the (unarmed) crowd and a tank was sent to crash down the gate; 24 people were killed and hundreds were injured.

In commemoration to the uprising, every year on the 17th of November the people march from the center of Athens to outside the US embassy, protesting against the US involvement in Greek politics and demanding more democracy. [This year the protestors marched all the way to outside the Israeli embassy, in solidarity to Palestine.]

The most famous rallying cry of the uprising was “Bread - Education - Liberty”.

[magikdo]

RX ROBO

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[nando161mando]

This cop stands so cool until Sophia the Robot makes a run for it

[amoransia]

Mammon is the type of guy to not think being a top is gay (à la Greek style). "Domineering over other men is the manliest thing so it's fine" type of stupid.

[clqoo]

brb girl i'm otw to hyperfixate on hades and persephone

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

ℭ𝔥𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔬𝔰𝔭𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 - 𝔅𝔢𝔶𝔬𝔫𝔡 𝔑𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔰𝔦𝔰

[betweenthetimeandsound]

"Holy water why you told me that the ocean never cries when you take away my teardrops every time you kiss my eyes.."

I'm really happy to see "Asteromata" win Ethnikos Tellikos and represent Greece at Eurovision. It made me return to this song, which has similar themes and was a candidate song for Greece's internal selection in 2023.

[rockattitudegr]

Oι THE SILENT WEDDING συνεχίζουν το συναυλιακό τους ταξίδι και αυτή τη φορά ανεβαίνουν στην σκηνή του Piraeus Club Academy για να παρουσιάσουν στο κοινό τους τραγούδια από όλες τις περιόδους της μπάντας καθώς και μερικά αγαπημένα της πρόσφατης δισκογραφίας τους.

Special guests οι DESTINY CALLS αναδεικνύοντας επι σκηνής προς τον ακροατή ένα υψηλής ποιότητας μοντέρνο μελωδικό hard rock με πινελιές της δεκαετίας του ’80.

Την βραδιά ανοίγουν οι πρωτοεμφανιζόμενοι BEYOND THE RIVER. Tο κουιντέτο από τη Δυτική Αθήνα παντρεύει τον παραδοσιακό με το μοντέρνο metal ήχο ενσωματώνοντας εξίσου, ατμοσφαιρικά περάσματα και extreme metal εκρήξεις.

[ancientpersacom]

“They made them a conveniently attractive twink omg ruined design yap yap”

FOOLS. ABSOLUTE DINGBATS YOU ALL ARE. CAN YOU NOT SEE ALL THE SYMBOLISM????

I will defend this design to the ends of the earth. Yes they’re hot, that’s merely a bonus.

1) that’s not a shirt that’s a fucking Galaxy under that suit. Mf has no body, just a vaguely body shaped void. Meaning floating head and hands that aren’t attached to anything. You take those clothes off and it’s the fucking void. They’re non binary AND sexless. Beyond any physical body, just shaped like it for fun.

2) the old bodies head dead in their hands and simultaneously birthing a foetus. That’s the circle of life, a rebirth, a metamorphosis. Chaos is above a god, they’re primordial. They don’t have a permanent appearance or identity. They’re ever changing. They look like this now, but if there were another game, they’d change again. They’re always changing, killing their old self and reshaping it. The wings have also moved and grown from the head to the back. Chaos expands indefinitely, bigger and unable to be contained in any way. They don’t even need wings, they can float. But they decided to have them anyway, just because. Because they can.

3) this is Ancient Greece. Suits don’t exist yet. Chaos took clothing from thousands of years in the future. They’re beyond time itself, they’re not effected by Chronos in any way. They’re in their own realm outside of time an space, they know things from the past, present and future.

4) the hair being the same colour as and long like many of their grandchildren, family resemblance there. Almost like they’re,,, missing them. Despite being this omnipresent being beyond human emotion, they still care in their own way. Copying them to feel some form of deeper connection.

5) the earth is an earring now. That’s how inconsequential it is to a being like chaos. It’s just there, an accessory, nothing special.

I could go on. Maybe I’m reading too deep into it but given the fact all the designs in the first and second games tend to have symbolism in them based on the myths the gods come from and what they represent, I don’t think I’m too insane for seeing symbolism here.

[liquidstar]

Yes, Greece still exists, we didn't all die 2000 years ago. Yes, people speak Greek. You people are so fucking stupid for real. So many of you claim to love ancient shit but can't even acknowledge the actual living culture of the people whose mythology and classics you romanticize. You keep leaving annoying comments about how you just forget Greek people still exist, thinking you're being quirky because you love ancient stuff soooo much that you forgot about the people it came from. You think about it so little you don't even realize that an actual Greek person has to read this shit, making it clear how little you actually care about the culture beyond the romanticized (and westernized) mythology. Don't claim you love Greece, don't use our mythology anymore if you can't acknowledge that we're still around without making it about how little you think about us. It's mind boggling that you'd think a Greek person would read this and think you're anything but obnoxious. Explode.