Saturnalia is an ancient Roman festival and holiday in honour of the god Saturn, held on 17 December of the Julian calendar and later expanded with festivities through to 23 December. The holiday was celebrated with a sacrifice at the Temple of Saturn, in the Roman Forum, and a public banquet, followed by private gift-giving, continual partying, and a carnival atmosphere that overturned Roman social norms: gambling was permitted, and masters…
throughout the years we have in movies and tv shows retellings done of Greek myths. Clash of the Titans, Hercules: the legendary Journeys, Kaos, Troy, the Oddysey and many others. The quality varies from good to bad. Even books tend to do that. Whether they inspired or direcly try to retell the myths does not…
monotheists tend to submit themselves to their God and in their worship, form a relationship with their God. Polytheists also form a relationship with their Gods but our relationship is different. Ours is reciprocal. We give freely our worship, our prayers to the Gods and in turn, They bless us. I have read that…
They provide a framework for life of an honest, worthy way of living. They are guidelines and advice, not absolutes and , as our ability to think and act for ourselves is a great good that is part of the soul’s essence. You cannot read the Delphic Maxims as absolutes. Especially because some of the maxims are ritual laws…
What is the tv show about? The all-powerful yet insecure god Zeus starts to fear his end of reign once he notices a wrinkle on his forehead, possibly indicating the end of the world. He becomes paranoid and vengeful towards his devotees. Meanwhile, three humans start to discover their connections with each other and grand…
I have done a series of posts on the Hellenic Gods. Maybe its time to do one of the religion itself. Its not a easy subject to write about because there are so many aspects of it to cover. Polytheism is a form of worship where one worships not one God, but multiple Gods. All…
for those who haven’t seen it yet, beware of spoilers below. In two days I watched all 8 episodes of the new Blood of Zeus series season 2. It builds upon the first season and add new layers to it. I must admit the long wait was well worth it. The story was well written.…
“To Plouton (Pluto) [Haides]. Plouton, magnanimous, whose realms profound are fixed beneath the firm and solid ground, in the Tartarean plains remote from sight, and wrapt for ever in the depths of night. Zeus Khthonios, thy sacred ear incline, and pleased accept these sacred rites divine. Earth’s keys to thee, illustrious king, belong, its secret…
I saw this youtube videos trying to use science as a way to show that polytheism is false and monotheism is the only religious system that is possible to exist.video can be seen here: https://youtu.be/1Bq8SnLIALo?feature=shared or thise one also does this: https://youtu.be/0TFgUIxgb_g?feature=shared Besides the fact that it is ironic that monotheists uses science to prove…
while writing the last blogpost on the Orphic hymn to Plouton, i started to make a list of the many epithets of Plouton. When praying to Him, I don’t use all of them, I usually say “under which name and or title you are known or want to be know”. So here we go: …