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Eros, Birds, and Me
Aristophanes said the birds wee born of Eros, and the associations between birds and Eros and Aphrodite apparently pre-dates that. My friends know me as a cat-lover, and it’s hard for me not to love them — most of the … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, Eros, hellenic polytheism, hellenismos
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Upon Cupid
by: Anacreon (570-488 B.C.) translated by Thomas Stanley As lately I a garland bound, ‘Mongst roses I there Cupid found; I took him, put him in my cup, And drunk with wine, I drank him up. Hence then it is … Continue reading
Posted in Eros Thoughts, erato, poetry
Tagged Anacreon, cupid, Eros, Eros Thoughts, greek lyric poetry, hellenic polytheism, hellenismos, poetry, Thomas Stanley, translated
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How would I describe Eros
Think of what an urban Dionysos might be like, but with a couple extra points on his Sanity roll. Think of the taste of milk chocolate and amaretto and give it the sound of a love song by Richard Hell. … Continue reading
Posted in Deity Relationships, Eros Thoughts
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ΑΛΓΕΣΙΔΩΡΟΣ
For the first time in a long time, Eros entered me last night (not in the meat-puppetry sense). As I worked His device, it was as if I felt the blue, and green, and purple of my hair, and tasted … Continue reading
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Derek Jarman’s Sebastiane and polytheism as a metaphor for homosexuality
This is possibly one of my favourite films, and not just as an extension of my weakness for ridiculous films about Christian mythos (if you want ridiculous in your Christianity, The Apple is the best yet). While carrying the airs … Continue reading
Posted in Eros Thoughts, Interpretatio graeca, art, gblt interest, general hellenismos, syncretism
Tagged adonis, anteros, aphrodite, apollon, art, derek jarman, dionysos, Eros, erotic, films, gay closet, GLBT, graeco-roman, hellenic polytheism, hellenismos, love, mythos, roses, saint sebastian, syncretism
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I’m still here
Believe me when I say that I realise how long it’s been since I last updated this here. I have no real excuse, and the only explanation I have is the fact that more-or-less since I last updated, I’d had … Continue reading
Boeotian New Year is upon me, and my dreams are getting weird….
So, this December 17th marks the Boeotian New Year (see here for the semblance of a reconstructed / new Boeotian calendar I managed to concoct), and reading a brief summary of a friend’s dream about Apollon jogged my memory of … Continue reading
James Bidgood, Homoeroticism, and Gay Spirituality
I don’t remember where or when it was that I had personally first been made aware of Pink Narcissus, the masterpiece of gay erotica that was originally released under “Anonymous”, as the writer and director. The brilliant mind behind this … Continue reading
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Eros & Eris
(I originally posted this in response to a thread on the Hellenistai forum. You can go there to comment or, if you’d prefer, comment here.) Eris is a Goddess who is kind of like a Feminine counterpart to Ares and … Continue reading
Trust Me, You Don’t Want to Know Eros
At the very least, you don’t want to know Eros like I know Eros. He’s a possessive Theos. He has this distinction of being one of the oldest of all the Theoi, one of the Protogonoi, yet is in this … Continue reading
