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		<title>Cult of Haides</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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CULT IN PHOKIS (CENTRAL GREECE) I) KORONEIA Village in Phokis Strabo, Geography 9. 2. 29 (trans. Jones) (Greek geographer C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.) : &#8220;When they [the Boiotians] got the mastery of Koroneia [in Phokis after the Trojan War], &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/10/29/cult-of-haides/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thanatos</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hesiod, Theogony 758 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) : &#8220;Nyx (Night) carries Hypnos in her arms, and he is Thanatos&#8217; (Death&#8217;s) brother . . . And there [near the house of Nyx in the underworld] the &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/10/29/thanatos/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Haides &amp; Persephone</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zeus laid with Demetre, wishing to take Her on as a second wife, but Demetre not only cared of Her sister Hera&#8217;s objections, but simply wanted Zeus for no more than to become a mother, and so Hera found no &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/10/27/haides-persephone/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Boeotian Theoi: Haides</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know, I know, it&#8217;s cheesy to do the &#8220;spooky&#8221; deities around this time of the year, but as in most incidents in life, I just re-assure myself: It could&#8217;ve been worse. Also: Better to do cheesy stereotypical actions as &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/10/27/boeotian-theoi-haides/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hekate &amp; Witchcraft</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I find it hard to bring up Hekate and not express my thoughts on Hekate and Witchcraft. For starters, it&#8217;s impossible to deny with fact the deep and ancient connection Hekate has to witchcraft. It&#8217;s also damned near impossible to &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/10/24/hekate-witchcraft/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Notes on Hekate of Boeotian mythos</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Thebes, there was a woman named Galinthias. She was a midwife who delivered Herakles from the womb of Alkmene, her childhood friend. Alkmene&#8217;s pregnancy offended Hera, and cursed the young woman&#8217;s birth pains to never cease. Galinthias, worried her &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/10/23/notes-on-hekate-of-boeotian-mythos/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hekate in My Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 09:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After moving to the house I&#8217;m living in now, the *very first* shrine I set up after unpacking was actually not Eros &#8212; it was Hekate.&#160; Hekate protects the boundaries of the home, She guards entrances and exits.&#160; She&#8217;s one &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/10/23/hekate-in-my-home/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Boeotian Theoi: Hekate</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Please note: I want to apologise for skipping over Demeter and Kore at the time I had allotted for Them. Sometimes I think I'll feel up for doing something, and then allergies or carpal tunnel syndrome, or whatever else goes &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/10/21/boeotian-theoi-hekate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ακιδαλια</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ACIDA′LIA, a surname of Venus (Virg. Aen. i. 720), which according to Servius was derived from the well Acidalius near Orchomenos, in which Venus used to bathe with the Graces; others connect the name with the Greek akides, i. e. &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/09/23/%ce%b1%ce%ba%ce%b9%ce%b4%ce%b1%ce%bb%ce%b9%ce%b1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Boeotian Theoi: Aphrodite</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/09/22/boeotian-theoi-aphrodite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CULT IN BOIOTIA (CENTRAL GREECE) I) THEBES Chief City of Boiotia Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 16. 3 : &#8220;At Thebes [in Boiotia] are three wooden images of Aphrodite, so very ancient that they are actually said to be votive &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/09/22/boeotian-theoi-aphrodite/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Boeotian Theoi: Kharites</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/09/09/boeotian-theoi-kharites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alright, a bit tired, but I&#8217;m going to have something more to write of this later today. For now, so C&#038;P so that I won&#8217;t let myself forget. GENERAL CULT Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 35. 1 (trans. Jones) (Greek &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/09/09/boeotian-theoi-kharites/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Artemis Eukleia</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/09/05/artemis-eukleia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 18:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Fair Fame&#8221; kept coming back to me as something to focus on this syncretic conundrum &#8212; for starters, what is this supposed to mean, &#8220;fair fame&#8221;? I&#8217;m surprised that it didn&#8217;t occur to me earlier, since I fancy myself a &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/09/05/artemis-eukleia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Boeotian Theoi: Artemis</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/09/03/boeotian-theoi-artemis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 02:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oi theoi, I&#8217;m finding myself at a real loss for words, and finding a whole new meaning to &#8220;getting the hard part over with&#8221;. No, seriously, I&#8217;m finding it impossible to say much eye-catching about Artemis, so my brain is &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/09/03/boeotian-theoi-artemis/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Boeotian Theoi: Ares</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/08/26/boeotian-theoi-ares/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CULT IN BOIOTIA (CENTRAL GREECE) I) THEBES Chief City of Boiotia Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 10. 5 : &#8220;The fountain [of Ismene, near Thebes in Boiotia] which they say is sacred to Ares, and they add that a Drakon &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/08/26/boeotian-theoi-ares/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Story of Pindar</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/08/25/the-story-of-pindar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 02:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pindar was born in the 65th Olympiad in Cynoscephalae, a village outside Thebes. His mother&#8217;s name was Cleodice and no-one can seem to decide if his father&#8217;s name was Daiphantus, Pagondas or Scopelinus. Unlike Hesiod, he seems to be from &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/08/25/the-story-of-pindar/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>30 Day Paganism Meme: Day 15 ~ Pantheon – Every-One Else</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/06/29/30-day-paganism-meme-day-15-pantheon-%e2%80%93-every-one-else/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 02:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m at a loss for words on this one, so I&#8217;m going to do a run-down of as many Theoi and Titans as I can think of, and a quick line or two (or possibly three) on how I see &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/06/29/30-day-paganism-meme-day-15-pantheon-%e2%80%93-every-one-else/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Goal for the Garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 21:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found out about TerraCycle.net cos I love Method brand cleaning products and their refill pouches. The only downside to the pouches is that Lansing doesn&#8217;t accept plastic bags of any sort for recycling, so while it&#8217;s nice that they &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/06/25/new-goal-for-the-garden/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>30 Day Paganism Meme: Day 14 ~ Pantheon – Nyx &amp; Kybele/Gaia</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/06/20/30-day-paganism-meme-day-14-pantheon-%e2%80%93-nyx-kybelegaia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I tend to regard Nyx and Kybele not as two names for the same Goddess, but as two distinct types of Mother Goddess. Whether &#8220;Kybele = Rhea&#8221;, I really am not sure, but I know that those who dismiss Kybele&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/06/20/30-day-paganism-meme-day-14-pantheon-%e2%80%93-nyx-kybelegaia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>30 Day Paganism Meme: Day 13 ~ Pantheon – Adonis &amp; the Flower Boys</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 02:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love Adonis. Though there&#8217;s Peanut Gallery commentary decrying any worship of Him and Kybele in a Hellenic context as &#8220;un-Hellenic&#8221;, it&#8217;s pretty obvious that Their cults had been thoroughly Hellenised by the time of Hesiod (if you haven&#8217;t seen &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/05/24/30-day-paganism-meme-day-13-pantheon-%e2%80%93-adonis-the-flower-boys/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Calendar Updated &amp; Uploaded</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2010/11/15/calendar-updated-uploaded/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 03:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boeotian calendar]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Calendar Page Direct Link to PDF File I&#8217;m planning to have physical calendars available for purchase for 2012; any kind of suggestions for images and what-not will be greatly appreciated. Germane Entries:The Feast of Eros is NOT St. Valentine&#8217;s Day! &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2010/11/15/calendar-updated-uploaded/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s about that time again&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2010/10/10/its-about-that-time-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 06:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boeotian calendar]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Working on next year&#8217;s New Boeotian Calendar. Also brainstorming for ideas for a 2012 BIG calendar that has blackjack and hookers photos, and maybe makes use of a calendar service to be all glossy and shit. Seriously, what to photograph? &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2010/10/10/its-about-that-time-again/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>30 Day Paganism Meme: Day 5 ~ Beliefs – Sacred Sexuality</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2010/10/10/30-day-paganism-meme-day-5-beliefs-%e2%80%93-sacred-sexuality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2010 22:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, I&#8217;m going to weenine out on this one and make it even less about my own spiritual beliefs and practises than the last one. Long story short, while my practises include a fair amount of less-than-chaste communique I&#8217;m less &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2010/10/10/30-day-paganism-meme-day-5-beliefs-%e2%80%93-sacred-sexuality/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>30-Day Paganism Meme: Day 1, Beliefs – Why Hellenismos?</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2010/09/27/30-day-paganism-meme-day-1-beliefs-%e2%80%93-why-hellenismos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why Hellenismos? Well, the &#8220;tl;dr&#8221; version that I usually give people is &#8220;because these are the only deities who&#8217;ve ever been receptive to my worship&#8221;. The long version goes something like this: I was raised in a predominantly pair of &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2010/09/27/30-day-paganism-meme-day-1-beliefs-%e2%80%93-why-hellenismos/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thespiae on the Hellenistai Wiki</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2010/09/14/thespiae-on-the-hellenistai-wiki/</link>
		<comments>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2010/09/14/thespiae-on-the-hellenistai-wiki/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 04:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boeotian religion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://wiki.hellenistai.com/index.php?title=Thespiae This took me three days and more fact-checking than I ever thought was possible without the actual books sitting in front of me. I&#8217;m now off to go make my dinner, feed these ungrateful cats, and watch another bad &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2010/09/14/thespiae-on-the-hellenistai-wiki/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Priapos</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2010/08/22/priapos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another Theos who was worshipped in Boeotia I give cult to is Priapos; having significant-enough cult at Mt. Helikon (near Thespiae), it seemed only appropriate to post about this here. For me it began with Theoi Project and searching for &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2010/08/22/priapos/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Begin Again</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2009/12/18/begin-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, now is the time I&#8217;ve come to observe as the Boeotian New Year (just downloaded hella PDF files, both something called The Boeotian Project and The Ancient Boeotians, if I can find anything more about the calendar, this may &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2009/12/18/begin-again/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kybele &amp; Pan worship in Boeotia</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2009/03/05/kybele-pan-worship-in-boeotia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t remember which Hellenic Polytheism list I saw this on, but I recall somebody relatively recently (within the last couple of months or so) saying something about Kybele and Pan being worshiped side-by-side in certain regions of Boeotia. I &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2009/03/05/kybele-pan-worship-in-boeotia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Happy New Year!</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2008/12/30/happy-new-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this site, it is currently the Boeotian month of Hermaios (&#8216;Ερμαίος), and according to Wikipaedia, the Boeotian New Year begins in late December of the Gregorian calendar, so, Happy New Year! To those not paying attention, the lunar &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2008/12/30/happy-new-year/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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