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“Sing to me, o muse, of the wrath of Achilles..” -Homer’s Iliad 🏹 Hellenic polytheistic/Aphrodite Devotee 15 Aspiring classicist This account is basically just gonna be me yapping about mythology, helpol, and Ancient Greece

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Blog Introduction!!

name(s): Liam/Sunny/Cori

age: 15

pronouns: he/him

fandoms: Riordanverse, TMR, THG, Epic, Hadestown, Yellowjackets, The Outsiders, Hamilton, N2N, Star Wars, Creepy Pasta, Sally Face, Stranger Things, and more!!!

about me:

I’m a Hellenic polytheistic of almost 4 years, and I recently became a devotee of lady Aphrodite. I’m also a witch!

I love to write and read. I’m a big theater and choir kid. I’m active on AO3 and TikTok aswell

I’m neurodivergent, with a special interest in Ancient Greece. I love almost anything to do with the history of Greece or Greek mythology.

I’m a Marxist/leftist

I’m in Eastern standard time

I’m Boyflux and Gay (Mlm)

About my account:

On this account, I’m basically just gonna talk about helpol, Greek mythology, and Ancient Greece.

DNI:

-MAGA

-Zionists

-20+ (with some exceptions)

-12 or under (with some exceptions)

-Proshippers/Darkshippers

-republicans AND democrats

-reality shifters

-Neo Nazi fucks

-racists

-homophobes/transphobes

-etc. I think you get it

Baiii!!! <333

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me I fear

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Apollo and the Raven

Apollo has many stories, and one of his myths that I find particularly interesting is the myth of Coronis. In short, it could be said that, oddly enough, Apollo has bad luck in romantic relationships. A raven, which at that time had white plumage, brought him the gossip of his partner's infidelity, and Apollo decided to make the "intelligent" decision to punish the poor raven, turning it into a symbol of bad omen.

In this drawing, I wanted to represent Apollo's connection with the raven, as a messenger of the god of prophecy, one who foretells bad news.

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Just a little reminder that just because a deity wasn’t widely worshipped in Ancient Greece, does NOT mean you can’t worship them today.

You can worship Chthonic deities. You can worship Titans. You can worship minor gods. AND YES YOU CAN WORSHIP ARES. Idk who on earth started telling people you have to be a soldier to worship him

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HAPPY FATHER’S DAY (1/2 cause this is part of a duet thingieee)

Ares and Harmonia again, gosh, I so love them 🩵

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I think of them very frequently ☹️☹️

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Poor Helen ☹️

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You know your deities don’t like in your shrines/altars for them right..? It’s VERY IMPORTANT to me that you know that

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I saw an artist on TikTok make a “backrooms x Ancient Greece” video and it made me realize that the Ancient Greeks lowk made the backrooms

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Aphrodite and her giant ass goose

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As a hellenic polythiest, I personally don't care that much about epic, pjo, etc.

Of course I dislike inaccuracy, but niether Rick Riordan or Jorge Rivera Herrans EVER claimed ther adaptations were accurate. They are fantasy writers, who wrote fantasy retelling of mythology.

The pjo and epic FANDOMS are a different story (I'll probably make a whole separate post about them later) but retellings existing is not a major problem IN MY OPINION, at least not big enough problems that I think the gods are personally offended.

People die everyday. I don't think a fantasy novel for children will invoke the wrath of zeus. I think he cares a lot more about the children in Palestine who get their limbs blown off by bombs everyday. I think he cares a lot more about women in Afghanistan losing the right to speak freely in public. I think he cares a lot more about the innocent people being detained and brutalized by ice agents.

People have been making shitty adaptations for centuries. If it's not for you, that's okay! But it's not okay to tell pjo/epic/etc. fans that also happen to be helpol that they aren't good enough worshippers of their gods or that they're disrespecting their gods by enjoying those forms of media.

Also a lot of polythiests (including myself) discovered the theoi through retellings so maybe we should celebrate that people were so touched by art that it made them religious??