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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>Boeotian Theoi: Haides</title>
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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>Hekatean music</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 14:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If your mem&#8217;ry serves you well, You&#8217;ll remember you&#8217;re the one That called on me to call on them To get you your favors done. And after ev&#8217;ry plan had failed And there was nothing more to tell, You knew &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/10/23/hekatean-music/">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>
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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>Πανδημος: Aphrodite the Red</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 00:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often see reconstructionists of various tribe advocating a political persuasion that&#8217;s neo-conservative or outright Fascist (for the record, though, I&#8217;m not counting &#8220;radical traditionalism&#8221; as either, since the bare bones of that philosophy is social and can easily be &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/09/23/%cf%80%ce%b1%ce%bd%ce%b4%ce%b7%ce%bc%ce%bf%cf%82-aphrodite-the-red/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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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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		<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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		<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>A Note On Virgin Goddesses</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/09/03/a-note-on-virgin-goddesses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 02:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally from a comment on The House of Vines, but one I think truly deserves its own post from me, with some minor revisions: For Eros, there really is no difference between Creation, Procreation, and Life, only nuances of definition. &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/09/03/a-note-on-virgin-goddesses/">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>
				<category><![CDATA[Artemis]]></category>
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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>Adonis &amp; The Phoenix</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/08/31/adonis-the-phoenix/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[An aside to the Boeotian Theoi blog project.] As I alluded in my previous post, I&#8217;ve been noticing a vague connection between Adonis and the Phoenix as recognised in Hellenic myth. As per Herodotus and Ovid, the phoenix is reborn &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/08/31/adonis-the-phoenix/">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>30 Day Paganism Meme: Day 26 ~ Any “secular” pastimes with religious significance, and why</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/07/21/30-day-paganism-meme-day-26-any-%e2%80%9csecular%e2%80%9d-pastimes-with-religious-significance-and-why/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In traditional polytheism, it&#8217;s hard to truly separate out the religious from the secular, since it&#8217;s all got a connection in the lives of mortals. In the modern day, traditional polytheists will often look for historical and mythological connections and &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/07/21/30-day-paganism-meme-day-26-any-%e2%80%9csecular%e2%80%9d-pastimes-with-religious-significance-and-why/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>30 Day Paganism Meme: Day 20 ~ Hellenismos and my love life</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/07/15/30-day-paganism-meme-day-20-hellenismos-and-my-love-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t even know how to begin with this. I&#8217;m a fag. At the current point in my life that I write this in, I have no human love life &#8212; in fact, it&#8217;s been a few months short of &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/07/15/30-day-paganism-meme-day-20-hellenismos-and-my-love-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Goal for the Garden</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/06/25/new-goal-for-the-garden/</link>
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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>Tragic Garden Update</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/06/16/tragic-garden-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had really hoped to post some garden photos this week &#8212; at least the front garden, which was stripped of about 90% of its grass and replaced with wildflowers during the first four weeks of spring up here. After &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/06/16/tragic-garden-update/">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>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/05/24/30-day-paganism-meme-day-13-pantheon-%e2%80%93-adonis-the-flower-boys/</link>
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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>
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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>30 Day Paganism Meme: Day 11 ~ Patrons – Apollon</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2010/11/10/30-day-paganism-meme-day-10-patrons-%e2%80%93-apollon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I noted yesterday, Apollon made Himself known to me before all others. As a child, it was the paintings of Apollon that really stood out to me in the D&#8217;Auliare book, and it was His mythology that fascinated me &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2010/11/10/30-day-paganism-meme-day-10-patrons-%e2%80%93-apollon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>30 Day Paganism Meme: Day 10 ~ Patrons – Eros</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2010/11/09/30-day-paganism-meme-day-10-patrons-%e2%80%93-eros/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Boeotia, especially in the city of Thespiae, Eros was honoured as a major deity in His own right &#8212; unlike in Attika, where He was, at best, an important companion to Aphrodite&#8217;s cult. He&#8217;s one of a handful of &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2010/11/09/30-day-paganism-meme-day-10-patrons-%e2%80%93-eros/">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>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>
				<category><![CDATA[Boeotian religion]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/?p=198</guid>
		<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>Eros Exhibition in Athens</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2009/12/11/eros-exhibition-in-athens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://eros.cycladic.gr/ Now through 5 April 2010, at the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens is a seemingly huge Eros exhibit. Moments like this make me want a visit from the money fairy. The site for the exhibition has plenty of &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2009/12/11/eros-exhibition-in-athens/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Eros &amp; Eris</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2009/09/05/eros-eris/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eros]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(I originally posted this in response to a thread on the Hellenistai forum. You can go there to comment or, if you&#8217;d prefer, comment here.) Eris is a Goddess who is kind of like a Feminine counterpart to Ares and &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2009/09/05/eros-eris/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Trust Me, You Don&#8217;t Want to Know Eros</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2009/05/07/trust-me-you-dont-want-to-know-eros/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 02:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the very least, you don&#8217;t want to know Eros like I know Eros. He&#8217;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 &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2009/05/07/trust-me-you-dont-want-to-know-eros/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>On the Nature of Patron Relationships with a Deity</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2009/05/06/on-the-nature-of-patron-relationships-with-a-deity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 01:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First off, I want to make it quite clear that the more I learn of ancient Boeotian practises, the more I love the way the ancient Boeotians did things. The more I see photos of the modern region, the more &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2009/05/06/on-the-nature-of-patron-relationships-with-a-deity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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