Bakkhos kai Iokheaira

Devotional blog to Dionysos and Artemis in all Their epithets and glory. This blog will also contain content dedicated to the pantheon of the Starry Bull and other Hellenic Gods.

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Apollo and Artemis <3

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deathless Aphrodite, robed in flowers

Sappho 1.1 (Ode to Aphrodite)

cross stitching the classics 7/?

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“Evidence suggests that [Dionysos]’ worship easily reaches back to the Bronze Age, at least 1500 BCE; and his origins in the Bull God of Crete began as early as 7000 BCE. His hunter instincts, together with a link to wild animals such as the leopard and the auroch, might even tentatively suggest a connection to the earliest hunter gatherers of Africa.”

— Bramshaw, Dionysos Exciter to Frenzy 2013

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According to Greek Mythology, the island of Delos is the birthplace of Apollo. 

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A short story about Persephone’s myth that I wrote this summer.

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Hey OP… I ADORE this

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“To the Christians, Dionysus was the Devil. The ancients were terrified of Dionysus, because he was a god that just showed up. Entered out of nowhere. He didn’t have a temple on the mountain. He would just show up; and the women, the maenads, would go mad with Dionysian energy. They would run from their well-respected positions as wives, mothers, courtesans, and follow him. And there was this mad ripping-apart; an overwhelming ecstasy and terror. They would go wild; utterly transfigured.”

– Llorraine Neithardt 

[daifei]

dionysus

[viria]

Demeter! 

Her portrait was one of the most soothing to draw for me for some reason, and I like the way it turned out in the end =/V\=

if you’re curious about painting process, here it is! <3 

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The blood moon is framed by the statues of Hera and Apollo in Athens, 27 July 2018 (x)

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Colors ~ Aqua and Gold

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Reconstructed Temple of the Nymphs, Vindolanda Roman Fort, near Hadrian’s Wall, Northumbria, 24.2.18.

A small reconstructed temple dedicated to the Nymphs at Vindolanda Roman Fort located at the side of a river.

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mythology: aphrodite, goddess of love 

“Aphrodite just kept smiling. Because she was just doing what a goddess does-the same way that a tornado rips houses apart or a fire burns down a forest.”

requested by anonymous

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H E R M E S — God of trades, thieves, travelers and messenger of the gods

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My new photoproject Statue of Themis Model - I (annaprovidence) Greasepaint - scenographe Photographers: Marshak & Kerwin

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“If the gods are always watching, we might as well put on a good show.”

— Hundred Eyes (Tom Wu) Marco Polo S01E03 ‘Feast’

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My concept of the Greek twins, Apollo and Artemis, for a fictional story me and my friend are working on. :D We’re thinking about doing Hades and Anubis next.

PRINTS available! > [Apollo] [Artemis]

Totes & Phone cases > [Apollo] [Artemis]

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Temple of Zeus

Aizanoi, Turkey

2nd century CE

35 m × 53 m

The construction of the temple, which was the main religious sanctuary of the city, started in the last half of the 2nd century AD. The preserved inscriptions indicate that emperor Hadrian was responsible for its commission.

The temple stands on a many-stepped podium and was built of marble. It is surrounded by a peristasis in a pseudodipteral arrangement, originally with 15 Ionic columns on its long side and 8 on the short side. The podiom itself measures 33 X 37 meters. Nowadays, only the columns on the western and northern side are still standing.

The temple was dedicated to two deities. Zeus - the ruler of the Olympians - was worshipped in its aboveground section, and the underground part of the building was the place of Cybele cult. Stylistically, the part dedicated to Zeus was built in accordance with the Greek patterns and the underground section - with the Roman ones as the barrel vaults are clearly visible.

The battle scenes depicted on the walls of the building come from much later period. They were made by the Tatars and illustrate their lives and battles fought in the 13th century AD. Nearby the entrance to the temple grounds there is an enclosed area where some interesting fragments of temple decorations are collected. Opposite the temple there are the remains of a small bouleuterion, but its history remains unknown.