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I hear Aphrodite’s laughter in the world around me and love overflows my soul. Oh, what a beautiful sound!
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random reminder of Aphrodite Φιλομμειδης (Philommides), which means "laughter-loving" because she is just wonderful, right?
Everytime I laugh, laugh at the world, laugh for no reason, laugh just to laugh, I feel her, I hear her, and I love her and thank her because without her I would never understand the feeling of laughter like I do now.
#Aphrodite appreciation post#Aphrodite worship#Aphrodite Philommides#Not to be confused with Philommedes#Which is genital-loving#They are very similarly spelt
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greek god epithets (pt.2)
this post includes hades, persephone, aphrodite, hermes, apollo, artemis, dionysus, and hekate. for part one including zeus, hera, demeter, ares, athena, poseidon and hephaestus click here
HADES:
-PLOUTON= of wealth
-THEON CHTHONIUS= god of the underworld
-POLYSEMANTOR= ruler of many
-POLYDEGMON/POLYXENUS= host of many
-NECRODEGMON= receiver of the dead
-NECRON SOTER= savior of the dead
-ADESIUS= of grace
-STYGIUS= from the Styx
-URAGUS= of fire
-NIGER DEUS= the black god
PERSEPHONE:
APHRODITE:
-CHTHONIA= of the earth
-CARPOPHORUS= bringer of fruit
-SOTEIRA= the savior
-MEGALA THEA= the great Goddess
-HAGNE= the pure/holy one
-DAEIRA= the knowing one
-PRAXIDICE= the exacter of justice
-PROTOGONE= the first born
-BRIMO= the dreaded/vengeful
HERMES:
-URANIA= of heavenly/divine love
-PANDEMOS= common to all people
-MACHANITIS= the diviser/contriver
-EPISTROPHIA= she who turns to love
-CALASCOPIA= the spying/all seeing
-PSITHYRISTES= the whispering
-PRAXIS= of sexual action
-MELAENIS= the black
-SYMMACHIA= the ally in love
-APATURUS= the deceptive one
-NYMPHIA= the bridal
-MIGONTIS= of unions
-DORITIS= the bountiful
-MORPHO= of shapely form
-AMBOLOGERA= the postponer of old age
-NICEPHORUS= the bringer of victory
-HOPLISMENA= the armed
-EUPLOEA= of fair voyages
-PONTIA= of the sea
-LIMENIA= of the harbor
-XENIA= of hospitality to foreigners
-PHILOMIDES= the laughter loving
-APHROGENEIA/APHROGENES= the foam born
-PHILOMMEDES= the genital loving
-CHRYSEA= the golden
-DIA= the golden/shining
-POTHON MATER= the mother of desire
-EUSTEPHANUS= the richly crowned/the well girdled
-EN KIPIS= of vegetation/agricultural fertility
APOLLO:
-EPIMELIUS= keeper of the flocks
-OEOPOLUS= the shepherd
-AGORAEUS= of the market place
-DOIUS= of crafts/wiles
-ENAGONIUS= of the games
-PROMACHUS= the champion
-HERMENEUTES= the interpreter/translator (of the gods)
-TRICEPHALUS= the three headed
-DIACTORUS= the guide/messenger
-ATHANATUS DIACTORUS= the immortal guide
-ANGELUS MACARON/ANGELUS ATHANATON= messenger of the divine
-CHRYSORRHAPIS= of the golden wand
-CLEPSIPHRON= the deceiver
-MECHANIOTES= the trickster/contriver
-PHELETES= the thief/robber/rustler
-ARCHUS PHELETEON= leader of robbers/thieves
-POECILOMETES/POLYTROPUS= the wily
-DAIS HETAERUS= comrade of the feast
-CHARIDOTES= giver of joy
-CHARMOPHRON= the glad-hearted
-DOTOR EAON= giver of good things
-ACACETA= the guileless/gracious
-EUSCOPUS= the keen sighted/watchful
-CYDIMUS/ERICYDES/AGLAUS= the glorious/famous/splendid
-CRATUS/CRATERUS= the strong/mighty
-POMPAEUS= the guide
ARTEMIS:
-THEARIUS= of the oracle
-PROUPSIUS= the foreseeing
-CLERIUS= of distribution by lot
-CLEDONES= of omens
-HECATUS= the shooter from afar/the archer
-AGRAEUS= of the hunt/the hunter
-MUSAGETES= the leader of the Muses
-ULIUS= of good health
-PAEON= the healer
-ACESIUS= of healing
-ALEXICACUS= averter of evil/harm
-EPICURIUS= the succoring/helping
-BOEDROMIUS= the rescuer
-LYCIUS= of the wolves
-SMINTHEUS= of the mice
-DELPHINIUS= of the dolphin
-ACTIUS= of the foreshore
-THEOXENIUS= the god of foreigners
-ARGYEUS= of streets/public places/entrances to homes
-VIROTUTIS= the benefactor of humanity
DIONYSUS:
-AGROTERA= of the hunt
-PHERAEA= of the beasts
-ELAPHAEA= of the deer
-DAPHNAEA= of the laurel tree
-CEDREATIS= of the cedar tree
-CARYAE/CARYATIS= of the walnut tree
-LIMNAEA/LIMNATUS= of the lake
-HELEIA= of the marshes
-EURYNOME= of broad pastures
-LYCAEA= of the wolves
-LEUCOPHRYNE= of the white (bird)
-PAEDOTROPHUS= the nurse of children
-PHILOEIRAX= the friend of young girls
-ORSILOCHIA= the helper of childbirth
-SELASPHORUS/PHOSPHORUS= the light bringer
-SOLEIRA= the saviour
-HEMERASIA= she who soothes
-HYMNIA= of the hymns
-HEGEMORE= the leader of dances/choir
-ARISTE= the best/the excellent
-EUCLEIA= of good repute
-CALLISTE= the very beautiful
-BASILEIS= the princess
-HIEREIA= the priestess
-HEURIPPA= the horse finder
-PEITHO= the persuasive
-PYRONIA= of the fire
HEKATE:
-BROMIUS= the noisy/boisterous
-MAENOLES= the mad/raging
-NYCTELIUS= of the night
-LAMPTERUS= of the torches
-HESTIUS= of the feast
-PHALLEN= the phallic
-ANDROGYNUS= the androgynous (of sexuality, he bed all genders)
-PHLEON= the luxuriant
-STAPHYLITES= of the grape
-OMPHACITES= of the unripe grape
-LENAEUS= of the wine press
-THEOENUS= the god of wine
-AGATHUS DAEMON= the good spirit (as in a ghost, not a drink)
-OENOPS= the wine-dark
-ACRATOPHORUS= the bringer of mixed wine
-CISSEUS= of the ivy
-CITIOPHORUS= the ivy bearer
-ANTHION= of the flowers
-CISTOPHORUS= the basket bearer
-DIMETOR= twice born
-IRAPHIOTES= the goat child
-AEGOBOLUS= the goat slayer
-MELANAEGIS= of the black goat-skin
-ANTHROPORRAESTUS= the man slayer
-LYSIUS= of release
-ELEUTHEREUS= of liberation/freedom
-PSILAX= uplifted on wings
-SAOTES/SOTERIUS= the savior
-AESYMNETES= the dictator
-POLITES= the citizen
-MYSTES= of mysteries
-CHTHONIUS= of the earth
-MELPOMENUS= the singer/of the tragic plays
-BRIMO= the dreaded/the vengeful
-CHTHONIA= of the earth
-DESPOINA= the goddess/our lady
-ENODIA= of the crossroads
-AENAOS= the eternal/the ever loving
-AGLAOS= the beautiful/the bright
-APOTROPAIA= the one that protects
-EROTOTOKOS= the bringer of love
-INDALIMOS= the beautiful
-KLEIDOUCHOS= the keeper of the keys of Hades
-KOUROTRPHOS= the nurse of children
-PHOSPHOROUS/LAMPADEPHOROUS= the bringer/bearer of light
-SOTERIA= the savior
-TRIMORPHE- the three formed
-TRIODIA/TRIODITIS= she who frequents crossroads
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As with the Dionysos poll, I had to narrow it down to 10 options, so if your favorite isn't here choose one that's similar!
Also as with the Dionysos poll, I will write a prayer to the winning epithet. 🥰
Please don't take the poll without reblogging it for others to see and play along! 🙏🏽 Thank youuu
also just to be clear: this post is not open to terfs or radfems
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Recently a friend asked me, "Hey Kat, which birth story do you prefer for Aphrodite?" and, being me, I typed out a small essay to something I could have simply answered with "Hesiod's account in Theogony!" Since it's all typed up I might as well share it for you guys as well. Please keep in mind this is a combination of historical reference and my personal views of Aphrodite and the Theoi.
The Importance of the "How" of Aphrodite's Birth
"And so soon as he had cut off the members with flint and cast them from the land into the surging sea, [190] they were swept away over the main a long time: and a white foam spread around them from the immortal flesh, and in it there grew a maiden. First she drew near holy Cythera, and from there, afterwards, she came to sea-girt Cyprus, and came forth an awful and lovely goddess, and grass [195] grew up about her beneath her shapely feet. Her gods and men call Aphrodite, and the foam-born goddess and rich-crowned Cytherea, because she grew amid the foam, and Cytherea because she reached Cythera, and Cyprogenes because she was born in billowy Cyprus, [200] and Philommedes because she sprang from the members." - Hes. Th. 173
Aphrodite, that "awful and lovely goddess", was born from an act of cruel justice that, one could argue, came from a place of love in many ways. An act of extreme physical violence led to the eventual freedom of the Titans that were subjugated and hated just for existing as they were created. This describes so much of nature - at its core, violence and bloodshed are intrinsically linked with love and happiness. One cannot fully exist without each other. It makes perfect sense that the goddess who embodies love in all forms, both the boundless joy and the dismal jail of unrequited love, would be born from an act of, as I like to say, violent love.
Part 2: The Importance of the "Who" of Aphrodite's Birth
Daughter of the endless, vast sky and primordial god Ouranos and the sea foam far below him. There's something about this that is so poetic to me from a scientific perspective. Life on dry land came from the sea, and life here on this planet likely came from some extraterrestrial source. The imagery of the essence of love - which, in my humble opinion gives us a reason to live and yearn to be closer to our gods - coming from the very places where life first started on our floating rock in space is quite compelling when you start to consider what motivates us to keep living.
Part 3: How This Impacts my Praxis
Aphrodite may not have been the first divine presence that became aware of itself, and she may not be the "King of the Olympians", but in my praxis, Aphrodite is above all. She is the first and the last thing that stirs the hearts of men. She is the reason we create new life, but also the reason we take it. She is the reason we experience joy beyond compare, but also the reason we end our lives from heartbreak and loss. Aphrodite is reflected in everything, everyone, everywhere. There is nothing She has not influenced in some small way. Just as the ocean provides what is necessary to sustain life, so too does Aphrodite.
Αφροδίτη, ο πρώτος και ο τελευταίος ψίθυρος στα χείλη μου
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Reflective Hymnal Set To Athena, Hermes, Aphrodite, Dionysus
To Athena, I sing, a light cry and sigh
Full of goodness and majesty
At dawn you watch the Sun Rise with your Hens
At Night you observe the Stars with the owls
Homage to Athena, like a wishfulfilling jewel,
Guiding me gently so I am not a fool.
ii To Hermes in a Greco Buddhist Form
whisper your name as it echoes through skies
and soils, hidden and liminal through your toils.
From The West you came to the east, Hermes
Travelers Garb for Scholars Robe, bringing the
ape of thoth in tow.
Now stylized with ink and brush.
Now Working with the seven stars,
the outfit changed but delivering messages and
riding fates is same as before. The Aloes wood
smell fills the room, how could i not enter
samadhi with you?
iii Aphrodite and Dionysus, different but similar,
Braiding into my hair safron and grape vines.
Pouring Water AND Wine to relax and temper
my body and mind.
Looking betwixt my thighs i wonder how the
future flies. Will I become more voluptuous? Will I become more plump? Like Grape And Rose,
We have to wait, time will tell.
Hail Acratophorus. Androgynus. Limnaeus. Melpomenus. Zagreus.
Hail Philommedes Philommides Aphrogeneia Chrysea Pothon Mater Eustephanus
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30 Days of Deity Devotion ( Aphrodite ) - Day 5
Members of the Family – Genealogical Connections
Talking about Aphrodite’s family tree is a difficult matter, just as it is for most major deities of the pantheon. For this, I’ll focus on the most popular version of her birth, where she was born out of the castrated testicles of Ouranos, but I also want to acknowledge other versions, such as the one that says she is daughter of Ouranos and Hemera, and the one that says she was born of Zeus and Dione.
Aphrodite’s birth is mentioned in Hesiod’s Theogony, and I quote: “And so soon as he had cut off the members with flint and cast them from the land into the surging sea, they were swept away over the main a long time: and a white foam spread around them from the immortal flesh, and in it there grew a maiden. First she drew near holy Cythera, and from there, afterwards, she came to sea-girt Cyprus, and came forth an awful and lovely goddess, and grass grew up about her beneath her shapely feet. Her gods and men call Aphrodite, and the foam-born goddess and rich-crowned Cytherea, because she grew amid the foam, and Cytherea because she reached Cythera, and Cyprogenes because she was born in billowy Cyprus, and Philommedes because sprang from the members.” ( The Theogony, Translated By H.G Evelyn-White ). This version is by far the most popular/accepted, and the one that is most often depicted in art. It’s also the version that I myself prefer, since, to me, it best explains her being as we know her. She’s a sea goddess, one who rules over love, something that can sometimes be painful, and that can start and end wars.
Being goddess of sex and fertility, it’s normal that Aphrodite is also mother to many children. The first I’ll mention is Eros, who is sometimes said to also be born with the foam alongside her ( And with her went Eros, and comely Desire followed her at her birth at the first and as she went into the assembly of the gods. - The Theogony, Hesiod, Translated by H.G Evelyn-White ). Others say that she was born pregnant with him and gave birth to him not too long after her own, or that she had him later, and that his father was Ares. The first two versions also account for Himeros’ ( God of sexual desire ) birth.
By herself, she is also mother to some of the other Erotes, such as Pothos ( God of Passionate Longing ), as well as Peitho ( Goddess of Persuasion ) and Rhodos ( Goddess of the island of Rhodes ).
By Ares, she is also mother to Harmonia ( Goddess of Harmony and Concord ), Deimos ( God of terror and dread ), Phobos ( God of panic, flight and rout ) and Anteros ( God of requited love ).
By Adonis, she bore Beroe ( Goddess of the city of Beroe ), and some say Priapos, though the more popular version as far as I’ve seen is the one where she is his mother by Dionysos. Another, third version, says that his father is Zeus.
By Dionysos, as well as Priapos, she is also sometimes mother of Iakkhos ( God of the Eleusinian Ritual Cry ) and of the Kharites ( Goddesses of Grace and Beauty, amongst other things )
By Hermes, she is mother of Hermaphroditos ( God.dess of Intersex people and Feminine Men ).
By Poseidon, she is mother of Herophilos, and sometimes also Rhodos.
She also had a few mortal children: Aenas ( Prince of Dardania during the Trojan war, son of Ankhises ), Lyros ( Another prince of Dardania, brother of Aenas ), Astynoos ( Prince of Syria, son of Phaethon ) and Eryx ( King of Sicily, son of Boutes. Eryx is also an epithet of hers, which she bears notably in Arkadia. )
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“…and in it there grew a maiden. First she drew near holy Cythera, and from there, afterwards, she came to sea-girt Cyprus, and came forth an awful and lovely goddess, and grass grew up about her beneath her shapely feet. Her gods and men call Aphrodite, and the foam-born goddess and rich-crowned Cytherea, because she grew amid the foam, and Cytherea because she reached Cythera, and Cyprogenes because she was born in billowy Cyprus, and Philommedes because she sprang from the members. And with her went Eros, and comely Desire followed her at her birth at the first and as she went into the assembly of the gods. This honor she has from the beginning, and this is the portion allotted to her amongst men and undying gods,— the whisperings of maidens and smiles and deceits with sweet delight and love and graciousness.” ~~ Hesiod, Theogony (Θεογονία)
ph 1 : Oil Jar in the Shape of Aphrodite at Her Birth (~375 B.C.E.)
ph 2 : Woman in Sea, Hawaii by Herb Ritts (1988)
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Epithets of Aphrodite
Acida’lia = refers to the well where she bathed with the Graces at Acidalius, Orchomenos
Acraea = “of the heights”, whose temple is on a hill
Alitta = syncretism: Arab world
Amathusia = temple seat at Amathus, Cyprus
Ambologera = “she who postpones old age” (Sparta)
Amyclaeus = (Amyclae, Laconia)
Anadyomene = “rising from the sea”
Androphonos = “killer of men”
Anosia = “unholy”
Antheia = “the blooming,” goddess of flowers and flowery wreaths
Apaturia, Apatouria, Apaturus = “the deceitful” (Taurian Chersonesus)
Aphacitis = temple seat of Aphaca, Coele-Syria
Aphroditus = depiction with a beard & lifting up the dress to show a phallus (Amathus, Cyprus)
Apostrophia = “averter of” unlawful desires
Apotrophia = “the expeller,” expelled sinful lust from the hearts of men (Thebes)
Aracynthias = possible temple seat at Mount Aracynthus?
Areia = “the warlike” or “of Ares” (Sparta)
Barbata = “bearded” (Rome)
Castinia = of Mount Castium, Pamphylia
Catascopia = “spying, peeping”
Cepoïs, En kopois = “of the gardens,” refers to her patronage over garden fertility (Athens)
Chrysea = “golden” (Lesbos)
Colias = (Colias, Attica)
Cypris, Cypria = (Cyprus)
Cythereia = (Cythera, Laconia)
Despoina = “our lady” or similar (Mycenaean Greece)
Dia = “divine, shining”
Dionaea, Dionaia = daughter of Dione
Dios Thugater = “daughter of Zeus”
Doritis = “bountiful”
Eleemon = “the merciful” (Cyprus)
Enoplios = “armed” (Sparta)
Epistrophia = “she who turns to” love
Epitragia = “from a she-goat” (Elis)
Erukine, Erycina = temple seat at Mount Eryx, Sicily (Rome)
Euploea = “fair voyage”
Eustephanus =“richly-crowned, well-girdled”
Gamelii = protector of marriage
Genetrix = mother of the Roman people (Rome)
Genetyllis = “mother” (Cape Colias), protector of births
Hecaerge = (Iulis, Cos)
Hera = “of Hera”, or of marriage
Hoplismena = “armed”
Ida’lia = (Idalion, Cyprus)
Kallipygos = “of the beautiful buttocks”
Knidia = statue made by Praxiteles at Cnidus, Caria
Kolias = statue at Colias
Kourotrophos = “protector of young people”
Limenia = “protector of the harbour” or “of the harbour”
Machanitis = “deviser, contriver”
Mechaneus = “skilled in invention”
Melainis = “black one” (Corinth)
Melinaea, Melinaia = (Meline, Argive)
Migontis = marital “union”
Migonitis = temple seat at Migonium, Laconia
Morpho = “shapely, fair-shaped” (Sparta)
Nikephoros, Nicephorus = “bringing victory”
Nymphia = “bridal”
Pandemos = “for all the folk,” goddess of sensual pleasure, common love, physical desire, courtesans, heterosexual desire
Paphia = temple seat at Paphos, Cyprus
Peitho = “persuasion”
Philommedes = “smile-loving,” sometimes translated as “laughter-loving”
Pontia = “of the sea”
Pothon Mater = “mother of desire”
Potnia = “mistress” (Sparta)
Psithyristes = “whispering”
Praxis = sexual “action”
Skotia = “dark one”
Surie theos = “the Syrian goddess”. syncretism: Astarte
Symmachia = “ally” in love
Tymborychos = “gravedigger”
Urania = “heavenly,” goddess of spiritual love, pedastry, homosexual desire
Venus = syncretism: Rome
Verticordia = “turner of hearts,” refers to her moving people from lust into chastity; worshipped by married women and young maidens (Rome)
Victrix = bringer of victory
Xenia = “of the foreigner”
Zerunthia = temple seat at Zerinthus, Thrace
Zephuritis = of Zephyrium, Egypt
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Epithets of Aphrodite: Goddess of Love, Beauty, and Pleasure
A handful of the huge number of epithets of Aphrodite.
Akraia - Acraea - Of the Heights
Ambologera - Postponer of Old Age
Anadyomene - Risen from the Sea
Apatouros - Apaturus - Deceptive One
Aphrogeneia/Aphrogenes - Foam-Born
Apostrophia - Averter of (Unlawful Desires)
Areia - Of War, Warlike
Dia - Divine, Shining
Dioniaia - Dionaea - Daughter of Dione, Daughter of Zeus
Dios Thugater - Daughter of Zeus
Doritis - Bountiful
Epistrophia - She who Turns to (Love)
Euploia - Euploea - Fair Voyage
Eustephanos - Eustephanus - Richly-Crowned, Well-Girdled
Hoplismene - Hoplismena - Armed
Kataskopia - Catascopia - Spying, Peeping
Kepois - Cepois - Of the Gardens
Khrysee - Chrysea - Golden
Kypris - Cypris - Of Cyprus
Kyprogenea/Kyprogeneia/Kyprogenes - Cyprogeneia/Cyprogenes - Cyprus-Born
Limenia - Of the Harbour
Makhanitis - Machanitis - Deviser, Contriver
Melainis - Melaenis - Black (of Night)
Migontis - Union (Marital)
Morpho - Of Shapely Form
Nikephoros - Nicephorus - Bringer of Victory
Nymphia - Bridal
Ourania - Urania - Heavenly, Divine (Love)
Pandemos - Common to All People (Love)
Philomeides/Philommeides - Philomides/Philommides - Laughter-Loving
Philommedes - Genital-Loving
Pontia - Of the Sea
Pothon Meter - Mother of Desire
Praxis - Action (Sexual)
Psithyristes - Whispering
Symmakhia - Symmachia - Ally (in Love)
Xenia - Of the Foreigner
Source: theoi.com
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Offerings to the Gods based off their Epithets 1/6
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Aphrodite
Loving/ delighting in laughter (making people laugh, enjoying others company): Philommides
Loving your genitals/ your partner’s genitals (masturbation/ looking after your genitals, for example, going for smears or dying your pubic hair/genital piercings): Philommedes
Seafoam/ or any type of foam you could present to her (collect seafoam in a jar and bring it home, or bath bombs etc): Aphrogeneia
Anything gold or golden (jewellery, make-up, vase’s, flowers) : Chrysea
Something divine or shining (jewellery, religious iconography, mirrors, lights etc): Dia
Anything related to Zeus, as some regions, believed her to be a daughter of the God-King: Dios Thugater
Writing lists of things you desire in life or writing about the one you desire or sexual dreams etc: Pothon Mater
Crowns, girdles, tiaras etc: Eustephanus
Apollon
Visiting a clairvoyant with an open mind and respect, having friends do a reading for you (record what they said): Thearius
Practice divination methods, plan for the future and for anything bad that might happen: Proupsius
Distribute good fortune equally to your loved ones: Clerius
Notice what people are saying and whether you can use it for good or bad, know the difference between an omen and gossip: Cledones
Have far-reaching goals that you know you can achieve, that you won’t give up on (bullet-journal/ write a list to put on his shrine) Hecatus
Surround yourself with things that inspire you, have a small notebook of ideas and things you wish to create: Musegetes
Exercise, take vitamins/ medicine, go to hospital appointments, make sure you stay as healthy as possible (make a personal record of herbs, medicines etc and their uses that you can take: Ulius
Make a record of herbs etc that can heal, take a first aid course: Paean/Acesius
Wear charms to avert evil/harm: Alexicacus
Help others, volunteer at shelters, help others in times of distress and hardship: Epicurius
Rescue those who need it, stand up to bullies etc, rescue animals from shelters: Boedromius
Learn about wolves, mice, and locusts and how they are portrayed in popular culture and myth (you can draw them etc): Lycius/ Smintheus/Parnopius
Learn about Mildew, where aspirin comes from, how it causes asthma etc: Erythibius
Learn about Dolphins and the recent research into their intelligence: Delphinius
Clean beaches, river banks etc make sure if you live by a river etc that flooding won’t destroy yours or your neighbours’ property: Actius
Welcome foreigners, teach them your own culture/language, make sure they are able to find helpful resources and social life in your community: Theoxenius
Make sacrifices to Apollon upon leaving somewhere (going on a holiday, day trip, moving to another country, going to work) for protection: Epibaterius
Make the Corynthus or Enthryptos cake: Corynthus/Enthryptus
Make sure the street outside your house is clean and secure: Argyeus
Make sure the entrance to your house represents Apollo (clean, updated, small shrine etc): Prostaterius
Aphrodite epithets: https://www.theoi.com/Cult/AphroditeTitles.html
Apollon epithets: https://www.theoi.com/Cult/ApollonTitles.html
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Some memes in honor of Aphrodite Philommedes :)
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Epithets of Aphrodite 🌹
homeric titles and names for aphrodite to use in prayers
organized as: greek word / latin spelling / meaning
Αποστροφια - Apostrophia, She Who Turns Herself Away
Ψιθυριστης - Psithyristes, Whispering
Ουρανια - Urania, Heavenly, Divine
Χρυσεη - Chrysea, Golden
Δια - Dia, Divine, Shining
Πανδημος - Pandemos, Common to All People
Μελαινις - Melaenis, Black of Night
Συμμαχια - Symmachia, Ally in Love
Νυμφια - Nymphia, Bridal
Μορφω - Morpho, Of Shapely Form
Νικηφορος - Nicephorus, Bringer of Victory
Κηποις - Anadyomene, Risen from the Sea
Φιλομμειδης - Philommides, Laughter-Loving
Φιλομμηδης - Philommedes, Genital-Loving
Αφρογενεια - Aphrogenes, Foam-Born
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Multidimensional Aphrodite
Polite reminder that Aphrodite is not JUST pink and makeup aesthetics, she is multidimensional. Her titles and epithets reflecting different roles: Aphrodite Akidailia (from the well Acidalius where she used to bathe) Aphrodite Akraia (of the heights) Aphrodite Aligena (sea born) Aphrodite Alitta (an Arab name) Aphrodite Amathusia (from the town of Amathus) Aphrodite Ambologera (delaying old age) Aphrodite Amyklaios (from the town of Amyklai) Aphrodite Anadyomene (rising out of the sea) Aphrodite Androphonos (man killer) Aphrodite Anosia (unholy) Aphrodite Antheia (friend of flowers) Aphrodite Apatouros (deceitful) Aphrodite Aphakitis (from the town of Aphace) Aphrodite Apotrophia (the expeller) Aphrodite Arakynthias (from mount Aracynthus) Aphrodite Areia (warlike) Aphrodite Argennis (from Argennus, in whose honor Agamemnon built a temple) Aphrodite Asteria (starry) Aphrodite Basilis (the queen) Aphrodite Berbeia Aphrodite Despoena (ruling) Aphrodite Dia (divine, shining) Aphrodite Dionaea (daughter of Dione, according to some myths) Aphrodite Dios Thugater (daughter of Zeus, according to some myths) Aphrodite Doritis (bountiful) Aphrodite Eleemon (merciful) Aphrodite Enoplios (the armed one) Aphrodite Epipontia (on the sea) Aphrodite Epistrophia (she who turns) Aphrodite Epitragidia (she upon the buck) Aphrodite Epitymbidia (she upon the tombs) Aphrodite Eryxina (from mount Eryx) Aphrodite Euploia (fair voyage) Aphrodite Eustephanos (well-girdled) Aphrodite Gamelii (presiding over marriage) Aphrodite Genetyllis (protectress of births) Aphrodite Haligenes (born in the sea) Aphrodite Hekaerge (hitting at a distance) Aphrodite Helikoblepharos (quick-glancing) Aphrodite Hera (of Hera) Aphrodite Heteira (the courtesan) Aphrodite Hoplismena (armed) Aphrodite Idalia (from the town of Idalion) Aphrodite Kalligloutos (of the beautiful thighs) Aphrodite Kallipygos (she of the beautiful buttocks) Aphrodite Kallistephanos (sweet-garlanded) Aphrodite Kallisti (the fairest) Aphrodite Kastinia (of mount Kastion) Aphrodite Kataskopia (spying) Aphrodite Kepois (of the gardens) Aphrodite Khrysea (golden) Aphrodite Knidia (from the town of Cnidus) Aphrodite Kolias (from mount Colias) Aphrodite Komaetho (fiery-haired) Aphrodite Kypria (from the island of Cyprus) Aphrodite Kyprigeneia (born on the island of Cyprus) Aphrodite Kypris (bringing pregnancy) Aphrodite Kytherea (from the island of Cythera, where she first landed) Aphrodite Kythereia (with hidden love) Aphrodite Limenia (protectress of the harbor) Aphrodite Mekhanitis (skilled in inventing) Aphrodite Melaenis (dark or black) Aphrodite Melinaea (from the town Meline) Aphrodite Migontis (union) Aphrodite Morpho (fair-shaped) Aphrodite Nikephoros (bringing victory) Aphrodite Nomius (of the flocks) Aphrodite Nymphia (bridal) Aphrodite Ourania (heavenly) Aphrodite Pandemos (common to all the people) Aphrodite Paphia (from her temple at Paphos) Aphrodite Pasiphaessa (the far shining) Aphrodite Peitho (persuasion) Aphrodite Pelagia (protectress of sailors) Aphrodite Philommedes (genital-loving) Aphrodite Philommeides (laughter-loving) Aphrodite Philopannyx (night-loving) Aphrodite Pontia (of the sea) Aphrodite Pornos (the prostitute) Aphrodite Pothon Mater (mother of desire) Aphrodite Praxis (active) Aphrodite Psithyristes (whispering) Aphrodite Pyrenaea (of the Pyrenes) Aphrodite Skotia (the dark) Aphrodite Symmakhia (ally) Aphrodite Syria Dea (the Syrian Goddess) Aphrodite Tymborykhos (grave digger) Aphrodite Xenia (of the foreigner) Aphrodite Zephyritis (from Zephyrium) Aphrodite Zerynthia (from the town Zerinthus) (Source: http://www.goddessaday.com/greek/aphrodite)
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