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		<title>Haides &amp; Persephone</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/10/27/haides-persephone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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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>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/10/27/boeotian-theoi-haides/</link>
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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>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/10/24/hekate-witchcraft/</link>
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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>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/10/23/notes-on-hekate-of-boeotian-mythos/</link>
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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>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>Ares &amp; Aphrodite &amp; Adonis &amp; The Phoenix</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/08/31/ares-aphrodite-adonis-the-phoenix/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eros was out with Aphrodite, and the Goddess commented on the body of Ares as He practised His battle exercises, and pondered out loud to Her friend how exciting it would be to be in his arms and beneath Him. &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/08/31/ares-aphrodite-adonis-the-phoenix/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ares &amp; Narkissos</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/08/27/ares-narkissos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps some will find it odd, but in my reading (some tales for the first time, some for the first time in a very long time) for yesterday&#8217;s post, I noted some similarity to the nature of Ares&#8217; mythos and &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2011/08/27/ares-narkissos/">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>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>
		<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>30 Day Paganism Meme: Day 6 ~ Beliefs – Divination, mysticism and various woo shit</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2010/10/17/30-day-paganism-meme-day-6-beliefs-%e2%80%93-divination-mysticism-and-various-woo-shit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 05:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First off, I&#8217;m going to make it quite clear that the definition of &#8220;magic&#8221; has never really been concrete and immutable. Alistair Crowley may have attempted to codify a definition of ceremonial magick to differentiate it from stage illusions, but &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2010/10/17/30-day-paganism-meme-day-6-beliefs-%e2%80%93-divination-mysticism-and-various-woo-shit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>30-Day Paganism Meme: Day 3, Beliefs – Deities</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2010/10/02/30-day-paganism-meme-day-3-beliefs-%e2%80%93-deities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2010 19:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m at a bit of a loss on this. Why didn&#8217;t I change this one? See, I&#8217;ve been putting this one off because I&#8217;m not sure how to essay this. The simplest and most bleeding obvious would be to explain &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2010/10/02/30-day-paganism-meme-day-3-beliefs-%e2%80%93-deities/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>30-Day Paganism Meme: Day 2, Beliefs – Cosmology</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2010/09/29/30-day-paganism-meme-day-2-beliefs-%e2%80%93-cosmology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 02:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the World English Dictionary: cosmology (kɒzˈmɒlədʒɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide] —n 1. the philosophical study of the origin and nature of the universe 2. the branch of astronomy concerned with the evolution and structure of the universe 3. &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2010/09/29/30-day-paganism-meme-day-2-beliefs-%e2%80%93-cosmology/">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>Derek Jarman&#8217;s Sebastiane and polytheism as a metaphor for homosexuality</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2010/08/01/derek-jarmans-sebastiane-and-polytheism-as-a-metaphor-for-homosexuality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2010/08/01/derek-jarmans-sebastiane-and-polytheism-as-a-metaphor-for-homosexuality/">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>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>Antinoos as Hyakintos &#8212; think about it, won&#8217;t you?</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2009/03/16/antinoos-as-hyakintos-think-about-it-wont-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I&#8217;ve noticed some interest amongst Queer men (and some others) in on-line Hellenic (and Graeco-Roman-Aegyptian) circles in the revived cult-worship of Roman Emperor Hadrian&#8217;s deified beloved, Antinous (Antinoos in Greek). To a rather small group of individuals, this mere &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2009/03/16/antinoos-as-hyakintos-think-about-it-wont-you/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is This the Dawning?</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2009/02/13/is-this-the-dawning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;When the moon is in its Seventh House And Jupiter aligns with Mars Then Peace will guide the planets And Love will steer the Stars&#8221; &#8211; from &#8220;Aquarius&#8221; by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot, from the 1968 musical &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2009/02/13/is-this-the-dawning/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Phanes / Eros Protogenos vs. Eros Ouranios</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2008/12/20/phanes-eros-protogenos-vs-eros-ouranios/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 05:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Phanes is an interesting figure in Hellenic mythology, and I say this because He seems to exist solely to the Orphic cosmology, while pan-Hellenic interpretatio (for lack of a better term) suggests that &#8220;Phanes&#8221; is simply the Orphic name for &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2008/12/20/phanes-eros-protogenos-vs-eros-ouranios/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How Eros has Affected My General Worship:  Chloris</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2008/12/17/how-eros-has-affected-my-general-worship-chloris/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somehow, I think that the especial cult reverence that I afford Eros and the Erotes has helped me to see how the Theoi are connected and interact. One Goddess, Whom I now feel is often overlooked, Chloris (Flora, in Latin), &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2008/12/17/how-eros-has-affected-my-general-worship-chloris/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Stories of Daphne and Hyakinthos</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2008/12/17/the-stories-of-daphne-and-hyakinthos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Re-Told By Ruadhan J McElroy [Originally published in He Epistole, Summer of 2007, I believe. Edited and revised slightly.] Once Artemis noted to her twin, “Dear brother, you advise to mortals ‘everything in moderation’, and yet you have lost yourself &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2008/12/17/the-stories-of-daphne-and-hyakinthos/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Caravaggio&#8217;s Narcissus</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2008/12/15/caravaggios-narcissus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(By the way, you can click all images for a full-size view and/or description.) As has been established in my practise and on this blog, I will discuss Narkissos here. Not merely because His mythos are of Boeotian origin and &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2008/12/15/caravaggios-narcissus/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Óengus mac ind Og</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2008/12/13/oengus-mac-ind-og/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 02:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a certain contingent of people in the Hellenic community that simply misunderstands syncretism, at best, or is attempting to redefine syncretism for their own purposes, at worst (and then, of course, they insist that everybody else is &#8220;redefining &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2008/12/13/oengus-mac-ind-og/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Story of Narkissos</title>
		<link>http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2008/11/28/the-story-of-narkissos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruadhán McElroy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Re-told by Ruadhan J McElroy [note: The following is a revised version of a piece of mine that was originally printed in Issue #13 of He Epistole. The Narkissos mythos are of Boeotian origin, and there are literally dozens of &#8230; <a href="http://ofthespiae.hellenistai.com/2008/11/28/the-story-of-narkissos/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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