#hellenes

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Johan Tobias Sergel (Swedish, 1740-1814) Amor and Psyche, 1787 Nationalmuseum Sweden Regarding the Hellenes and the Barbarians; Greeks called themselves Hellenes, and thus historians use the term Hellenistic to describe the complex cosmopolitan civilization, based on that of Greece, that developed in the wake of Alexander's conquests. Greek culture became the standard by which civilized people identified themselves. Convinced of their intellectual and cultural superiority over inferior people--an idea promoted by the philosophy of Aristotle, Alexander the Great's tutor--civilized people referred to those who did not speak Greek as barbarians, a term derived from the Greeks' description of these people's language as "ba-ba," meaning unintelligible to Greeks. Aristotle also contended that the Greeks were an ideal people because they possessed a medium skin-tone, in contrast to pale northerners. The Greek and Roman people considered the Germanic and some Celtic peoples to be wild, red haired barbarians.

[postcard-from-the-past]

Princess Frederike Luise of Hanover, later Queen consort of the Hellenes and Prince Christian Oscar of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

German vintage postcard

[wordsmithic]

[elladastinkardiamou]

This week's newsletter from AthensLive is out:   Every day life Christs

* Banning a far-right party ends up hurting democracy * The ever-ending Cavalry of patients in Greece * Does this world see now as ‘routine’ babies’ corpses in the Mediterranean?

- are the main headlines to be found inside this highly informative weekly must-read from and about Greece. The government's effort to ban a neonazi party is reported as detrimental to democracy itself. Critics say they were after the ban only to prevent loss of votes. Like their calvary due to insufficient disease, cancer patients who protested hospital shortages were harassed by ND MPs security guards. The brother of one of the train crash victims made a moving plea to boost a children's hospital in memory of his dead sibling. The floating body of a dead child was found off the shore of Syros Island. Shortly after, on the eve of Greek Easter, the PM defended the Evros Wall and a migration policy that caused so much death and suffering. 

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[sol-niczka]

The aftermath of "God Games"

Some Epic: the Musical fanart I've done in the recent months!! I have more so I'll probs post that too lmao, but yeah, this one's my favorite so far I think <3

[sleepnowmychild]

If you’re ever having a breakdown, just remember the wise words of the lord himself

[dragondeity]

idk how to explain this but the left image feels like apollo and the right image helios

[that-cunning-witch]

"Aphrodite loves terfs" do you really think a goddess of love formed from a literal penis and the mother of Hermaphroditus, an intersex god who was associated with androgyny and feminine men, fucks around with transphobia?

she is a literal trans icon and to deny that will get you smited by all the gods

[her-little-dove]

PSA: Aphrodite isn't just romantic love, the ancient Greeks had 7 words for love!

eros: your typical love, romance, sex, all that. typically what Aphrodite is known for.

philautia: self-love (which is SO SO important!)

storge: parental love, the bond that parents and children have with each other.

ludus: playful love - banter, teasing, flirting as a joke with your friends.

pragma: longstanding love, that is built upon trust and respect for one another. can be any type of relationship.

xenia: hospitality, a love and care for strangers and the people around you.

agape: true, unconditional love. the love everyone should aim to feel for others and to let others feel for them.

Lady Aphrodite is all of this! She tends to like hearing about relationships (in my experience), and She's always willing to lend some advice!

[skively]

— Aphrodite is iridescence, like the shimmer of pearls and seashells, like glittering jewels in the sea

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Heinrich Maria von Hess (German, 1798-1863) Apollo and the Muses, 1826 Neue Pinakothek, Munich

[bkkblogs]

Power Dynamics in State Relations – A History Lesson (Part III)

Note: This is the third and final part of a three-part essay. If you haven’t read the first two parts published in the previous two weeks, I recommend that you read them first before reading this. The Plataeans admitted that they had indeed become enemies of Sparta, but they attributed this to the Spartans themselves, who had rejected their plea for help against the Thebans (3.55.1). Instead,…

[mxmorbidmidnight]

Nazis will never be welcome in paganism. They have no space in our communities, we will have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to nazis. You have no right to the cultures, gods and religions you hijack to spread your disgusting ideologies. You will find no refuge or comraderie amongst pagans.

Reblog to let nazis know they’re not welcome here.

[atheneum-of-you]

PLEASE DO NOT USE TIKTOK AS A RESOURCE FOR HELLENIC POLYTHEISM

Tiktok is probably one of THE WORST places to learn about REAL hellenic polytheism because it is rampant with misinformation and most creators are only interested in views and parroting misinformation THEY heard. Yes there are some great and informative creators on there to learn about the hellenic gods but they are far and few in-between.

INSTEAD if you're new to the religion and have no clue where to start researching/learning, here are a few phenomenal creators on here with wonderful and informative posts!

@wisdom-devotee has an amazing guide for starting out in hellenic polytheism

@seasaltdevotion also recently made a fantastic post on resources for starting out

@crazycatsiren has a SUPER long list of resources and research material

@khaire-traveler has possibly the greatest list on subtle deity worship for just about every god

Please actually learn from those of us that truly love and covet this religion and spread information that will truly benefit you.