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My name is Cari, welcome to my tumblr! I'm 27, use she/her pronouns, an Apollo devotee, and practice Hellenism. The last two make up the majority of what is posted here, and the rest are other lovely things <3

About Me

#intro post #pinned post #hellenism #apollo devotee #helpol

theoxenia

“The Greek-Egyptian god Serapis likewise was thought to afford protection. On one side of a gem functioning as an amulet, the figure of Zeus Serapis is displayed, with the inscription on the reverse reading nika ho Serapis ton phthonon (“Serapis conquers envy/the Evil Eye”). Another glass amulet is inscribed with words, Me[g] a to onoma Sarapis (“Great is the name of Serapis”). The inscription, Eis Zeus Serapis, Baskanosdarêsetô (“Zeus Serapis is unique, let the Evil Eye be flayed”) protected a house. A similar inscription affixed to a house read, Eis Zeus Serapis, Baskanoslakêsetô (“Zeus Serapis is unique, let the Evil Eye be banished”). The gods provided charis, “generous benefaction,” which was the opposite of baskania and phthonos. Charis originally meant “emanation from God, human, or animal bearing blessing” which was the antithesis of an Evil Eye and envy. The gods effected good fortune through their blessing glance of charis. The eyes of Zeus, Apollo, and the Muses brought light and blessing. Minerva in particular, was considered the goddess of the blessing look, which baskania could not endure.”

Beware the Evil Eye: The Evil Eye in the Bible and the Ancient World, Volume 2 by John H. Elliott

#zeus #serapis #apollo #minerva #athena

keysforthenight

Apolló statue in Nemzeti Múzeum's garden, Budapest

#GOTH APOLLO HOLY SHIT #apollo #art #*happy goth apollo noises #*#i forgot to close the stars my bad #oooooooo that could be a good story idea

desultory-suggestions

She’s like warm days, sunshine, honey and love.

theodorafrompluto

Return of Persephone (circa 1925)

by Alfred Kingsley Lawrence

#art #persephone #demeter

tragbarerpanzrabwehrkomplexfagot

Cupid Presenting a Rose to a Butterfly (L'Amour) Antoine-Denis Chaudet 1802

#OH!#eros #cupid #art

forestcwhore

𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒆 🏰

nieshawolf

#howls moving castle

doloneia

late bronze age dashboard simulator

🔁 lukka-this-boat

🚣 lukka-this-boat

running low on bronze, which city should i sack 🤔?

ugarit

Voting ended onJun 9

👤 ugarits-finest-merchant-deactivated11770102

man, fuck you guys

#y'all hear anything? #...must've been the wind

🔁 wenamun-of-waset

☀️ wenamun-of-waset

cities these days just don’t respect the will of Amun like they used to… back in the days of Pharaoh people used to ACTUALLY pay the gods some respect!!

🌲 byblosiophile

for the last time, we are not giving you free lumber

☀️ wenamun-of-waset

but i hauveb no money 🥺

#i only wish to carry out the will of amun :( #its not my fault i was robbed in a tjeker town :(

#im howling #classics

dilutedh2so4

Christopher Ransom did devour with this line

rosary-enthusiast

Happy pride month to the heathens, the maenads, the men with fingers suited to a lyre, the women who find themselves carrying Sappho’s legacy, the children of Bacchus who need no definition, the androgynous & the Achillian, the followers of Hermaphroditus. May you breathe easily.

darling-icarus

🌊 My piece for Volume 3 of Sing, O Muse! Across Wine Dark Seas, which covers scenes from the Trojan War and its aftermath. The zine will be available in July and I highly recommend keeping an eye on the account in readiness for its release. There is SO MUCH gorgeous art inside!

I chose to draw the goddess Thetis beseeching Hephaestus to forge armour for her son Achilles. I think the bond between these two is quite lovely, with Hephaestus feeling indebted to Thetis for helping him in his hour of need, and willingly returning the favour.

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#the illiad #hephestus #thetis #art