#hellenic festival

[khaire-traveler]

ANTHESTERIA STARTS TOMORROW (NEXT THREE DAYS), MY FAVORITE FESTIVAL!!!!

For those celebrating, I hope you have a wonderful time! For those who are unfamiliar with the festival, here are some informative posts and the like:

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Information:

On Antheaterion - @kallisto-aglaia

Anthesteria - @thegodsaremyhome

Anthesteria - @dionysusmybeloved

Ancient Greece's Biggest Festival: The Anthesteria - @margaretkart

Anthesteria - The First Day, Pithoigia - @aceofcupsbiggestfan

Anthesteria - The Second Day, Kheos - @aceofcupsbiggestfan

Anthesteria - The Third Day, Khytrai - @aceofcupsbiggestfan

Rethinking The Anthesteria - @thegrapeandthefig

Celebrating Anthesteria Without Alcohol - @thegrapeandthefig

Anthesteria - Hellenion.org (I do not personally endorse Hellenion, based on things I've heard about them, but they can still be a helpful resource)

Anthesteria - Britannica.org

The Anthesteria - World History Encyclopedia.org

Devotion:

Anthesteria Dionysus Invocation - @beatingdrumspouringwine

Protrygaios Hymn/Poem - @beatingdrumspouringwine

Orphic Hymn 46 to Dionysus - @dionysusmybeloved

Hermes Chthonios Hymn/Poem - @sanguinebutch

Anthesteria, Khytrai Lyre Melody - @princesmeadow

Anthesteria - @nyxshadowhawk (found on @dionysia-ta-astika )

Personal Dionysian Ritual, First Day - @beatingdrumspouringwine

Flower Poem For Bacchus/Poema-florido Pra Baco - @piristephes

Anthesteria Playlist - @nyxshadowhawk

Orphic Hymn 30 to Dionysus - @kallisto-aglaia

Celebration Ideas For Anthesteria - @khaire-traveler (me)

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Have a lovely Anthesteria, everyone, and remember to put up protections to prevent any wandering spirits from sticking around ~~~

Hail Dionysus!!! 💜💚

[asterias-fallen-star]

Day 2 of Parapleustia and I’ve moved my altar (it’s yet to find a permanent home due to a lack of space), rearranged my book collection and other random things in my room, I was planning on going through things and donating some items but I didn’t get round to it (but hopefully I can look tomorrow)

Fairly successful in preparing for the new year in my own way, and hopefully this will give me new ideas of how to prepare next year

[dionysianivy]

Blessed Anthesteria everyone🍇🍷🌼🐆🌿

May Dionysus bless us all during these three sacred days ahead. May we celebrate freely, with joy and fire in our hearts. We honor God Dionysus and also is a sacred festival of flowers, death, sex, wine, and life. May everyone have a great time and celebrate in whatever way feels right to them.

Hail Lord Dionysus and Kala Anthesteria🌸🍷🕯

[countrydionysia]

2024 Rural Dionysia Announcement

Io! The time of the year has come again for the Rural Dionysia!

How to participate

The Rural Dionysia is meant to be a smaller competition than its urban counterpart, as such, we have selected only 3 categories:

Freestyle poetry

Modern hymns

“Complete the fragment”

Freestyle poetry

Your poem can be about any chosen topic (myth, personal experience etc.) in any written format. It doesn't have to be religious in nature.

Modern hymn

An hymn must sing the praises of a deity of your choice. Unlike the "freestyle poetry", your work must be of religious nature to fit in this category.

Complete the Fragment

Each year, we choose a fragment from an Ancient Greek poet to work with. The challenge is that the initial fragment must be included somewhere in your piece in its original order. This means you can fill the gaps however you want, but you can’t switch the order of the words in your piece or remove words from the original fragment.

Here is the fragment selected for this 2024 edition:

Fragment 113 by Alcaeus (trans. David A. Campbell; Loeb 142)

…kiss…(they) began…knowledge…sits…are…mortal

Here is the Greek text for reference. Note that because the word "they" is implied, it will be acceptable to keep or modify this word.

If in doubt for any of these categories, remember that you can check submissions from the previous years to get an idea of how others have done before.

Submitting your piece

Please submit your piece through submissions on this blog. All entries must be tagged for the category they are being submitted to. but you can only choose 1 category per piece and each person may only submit 1 entry per category each year.

Entries must also be tagged for potentially triggering content and squicks. If your entry needs a trigger warning, kindly add them at the end of your submission and we will take care of adding them in. Check the rules below for further information about submissions.

Calendar of the event

Nov. 16: Official announcement and opening of submissions. Dec. 17: Final submission day. Dec. 18: Vote opening. Dec. 25: Vote closing. Dec. 25-26: Announcement of the winners!

No worries though! We will be posting reminders about each step when the time comes.

General rules

Roleplay and fanfic are not acceptable submissions. This is a religious festival, please respect our faith and do not submit an entry if you are roleplaying or writing fanfiction.

Unlike with the City Dionysia, entries do not necessarily have to be about specific deities or Hellenic polytheism except for the “Modern Hymn” category, which has to be dedicated to one or many gods of your choice.

There are no meter restrictions. This is up to the writer.

All stories, myths, and poems must be entered using the submissions button.

All entries must be tagged for the category they are being submitted to. Entries must also be tagged for potentially triggering content and squicks.

An entry may only be submitted to a single category.

Each person may only submit one entry per category each year.

Winners for each category will be decided by popular vote.

Admins of this blog cannot participate, for obvious reasons. As for now, this includes @thegrapeandthefig @verdantlyviolet

Questions about the rules? Check the blog for past answers, your answer might be in there. And if it's not, simply submit an ask. We'll answer in the best delays possible.

[lenaslittleworld]

In my 4 years of worship, I have implemented many Ancient Greek festivals into my everyday life.

If you were to ask 5 year old me, what her favourite day of the year was, she’d probably say Christmas (mostly for the presents, duh. But also for the warm, fuzzy feeling it gave me)

But, since choosing these sacred days myself, celebrating them knowingly and intentionally, my most beloved one is Theogamia. It is just so full of love. It fills me with immense sense of peace and hope.

It celebrates such a divine act, but it’s one so close to us, humans, as well, and I think, that is what makes it so special in my heart.

So, I think 5 year old me would be disappointed, that my most special day does not include presents anymore, but she’d be so, so happy that the warm, fuzzy feeling stayed.

Blessed Theogamia to you all. 🤍🦚⚡️

[teawiththegods]

Reminder that you don’t need to celebrate festivals on their exact or estimated day(s). Unlike the ancient worshipers our society does not revolve around our religion so regardless of when our festivals are supposed to be held we may still have work, appointments, personal engagements, and other responsibilities. If moving the festival to a different day allows you to not only celebrate the way you wish but actually celebrate it then why not do that?

Think of it this way, if the choice was celebrate on a different day or not celebrate at all, which do you think the gods would choose???

This also applies to those days where you do plan to do xyz but for whatever reason (chronic illness, disabilities, mental health issues, have a bad/off day, or just life in general happens) don’t have the energy or focus to do it. You can push it back and plan to do it another day. That is not only allowed but completely appropriate. You don’t need to fall on your knees and beg the gods for forgiveness or punish yourself for it. It’s okay. You’re okay. 💕

[whim513]

Happy Aphrodisia!! to all who celebrate 🫶🏼🫶🏼 may Aphrodite be with you all 🌊🐚🌸🌷🎀💄🩷🩰 I’d love to hear what yall are doing to celebrate if anything! For those of you who aren’t familiar with the celebration (i didn’t know about it till yesterday 💀) heres as a link : ) and a post about it!

also i got this ^ image from @whispersinthewaters post, not sure if they made it but wanted to give credit just in case!! 🫶🏼🫶🏼

[thequeerofdelphi]

My beloved altar on this sunny Anthesteria 2025

[alexzehooman]

On Stage With Dionysos

My heart races in my chest. The lights are dim. I’m waiting for my cue. Oh Bachhos, give me guidance, I pray and pray as the lights rise and I enter. His hand guides my movements, a beautiful dance of poetry, He guides my voice through the air, thick with tension. I call on the Patron of Theatre for guidance, and he answers as wine fills a glass, so fast, and so strong. The power of Lord Dionysos moves the audience to tears as my voice booms through the auditorium. He shouts with me, He falls with me, he cries with me. And as the lights fall for the last time He holds me in His soft arms. Thank you, o Dionysos, God of stories told not on paper, but with our voices and our bodies, Lord of ecstasy and joy, such joy I felt when we were considered the best of the best from Your guidance. Praise, O Lord!

[khaire-traveler]

In honor of Lady Artemis 💜🩵🦌🧸🏹🌙

Happy birthday

The pitter-patter of tiny feet,

The quiet solace of a night in the woods,

The thrill of dancing with friends,

The beauty of a flame,

The majesty of seeing an animal in the wild,

The twinkle in a child's eyes,

The creak of pulling back a bow's string,

The crunch of the forest floor,

The sounds of crickets chirping in the night,

The freedom of staying true to yourself,

The nostalgia of sweet childhood memories,

The love between a dog and their owner,

The fury when a loved one is mistreated,

The need to care for another who is hurting,

The wonder of seeing fireflies rise in a field,

The comfort of stargazing or cloud watching,

The bond between wolves in a pack,

The heartfelt music of the night...

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Goddess Artemis,

The Darting, The Fierce, The Compassionate,

The Lethal Huntress With Impeccable Aim,

The Light Bringer With A Thousand Names,

The One Who Shall Never Be Tamed,

You are all of these things and more.

You are limitless, boundless, free.

You are the inspiration of many,

By simply being who You are.

May You run free in the woods, in the wild,

With Your loyal band of nymphs,

Dancing and hunting and laughing,

For all of Your immortal life.

I wish You nothing but joy,

And I thank You for the times You've wished me,

All the same.

You are blessed, Glorious Goddess,

In so many ways,

And I am graced by Your presence.

You allow me to connect with nature,

To ground myself, to find joy, to embrace who I am.

You instill courage, give comfort, provide aid,

Even when You receive nothing or little in return.

You are so generous,

You are so kind,

And You are forever changing.

And throughout the many challenges,

That I have faced these past few years,

You've supported me.

Even when I did not believe in myself,

You believed in me,

And I am forever grateful for that.

Thank You, Kindly Artemis,

For everything.

You are a blessing to the world,

And all living things,

Big and small, prey and predator, plant and animal.

I will always have love in my heart for You.

Happy Thargelia; Happy Birthday.

[wingsofaphrodite]

I am currently running my first festival, and it’s going so so well! With Lady Aphrodite Pandemos’ blessing I have been running something in @atheneum-of-you s discord where members send in compliments anonymously, and I deliver them. This started yesterday, and will run until Valentine’s Day as a way to spread positivity and love beyond just the romantic sense! In just two days, 124 compliments have been sent in, and I am overjoyed. Thank you to anyone seeing this who has participated, you’ve made me so incredibly happy!!

[likethestarsatnight]

Going to celebrate the Great Dionysia tmrw- very, very hyped!!! I'm not too sure how to celebrate, so any tips would be GREATLY appreciated :D

[dionysianfreak]

Happy Rural Dionysia my friends ! this year, I've sewn a hand-made patch of Dionysos onto my battle jacket <3 I hope you all are having a wonderful holiday season, regardless of what you celebrate 🪻🍇🍷

[countrydionysia]

Submit your vote!

Submissions are now closed. Thank you to everyone who submitted a piece for this edition of the Rural Dionysia! Are listed below this year's entries. Enjoy the read!

Freestyle Poetry

Nymphs by @junipersplace

Curious Light by @agressivepoet

QUALMS ABOUT UNANSWERING(?) GODS by @hellyeahmfwitchcrafttime

In wine, truth. by @piristephes

2 Makes 1 by @froggyart

Helene / Klytemnestra by @apiswitchcraft

Distance by @khaire-traveler

Modern Hymn

To Apollo of Parnassus by M. Rutilia Laeta @apis-vergilii

Minor Hymn to Love (Eros) by @piristephes

Hymn to Persephone by @apiswitchcraft

Complete the fragment

Selene's wisdom by @piristephes

For We Are Only Mortal - By Aön Re of @hyakinthou-naos

(alcaeus) muses on sappho's triumph by @imperturbitude

To vote:

Voting takes place via poll. You will be asked to vote for 1 entry per category. You have until Dec. 25th to vote and we will be announcing the winners on Dec. 26-27th latest.

CLICK HERE TO VOTE

[sag-dab-sar]

🔥 Festival of The First & Last 🔥

Happy New Years 🎉

December 31st 2023- January 1st 2024

Festival to Hestia

Along side her I placed the Oikos Theoi [Household Gods]. On the right: Zeus Ktesios (jar), Zeus Herkeios, Hera Oikos. On the left: Hekate, Apollo Argyieus, Hermes.

I'm only able to preform the low spoon version of this festival but still wanted to set this up. I hope I can complete the other half tomorrow. I'll use this for the jar candle bit I mention in the low spoon version.

I only had to get out 2 small boxes & Hestia's idol to set all this up.... except her candle I had no idea where her candle was so looking for that took up most energy. I had a feeling she really wouldn't like any candle except for hers.

I'm glad I set this up. My last drop of energy of 2023 went to the Theoi 🤍🔥

[princesmeadow]

Happy Theogamia Lord Zeus and Lady Hera!