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to 2nd A.D.) : "To Melinoe, Fumigation from Aromatics. The children in question are: Zagreus, god of orphic mysteries who later evolved into Dionysus Melinoe, goddess of ghosts who is often believed to be an aspect/epithet of Hecate and Makaria, goddess of blessed death.Īeschylus, Fragment 124 Sisyphus (Greek tragedy C5th B.C.) : "Now to bid farewell to Zagreus and to his sire, the Hospitaler. However there are a few stories where Hades does have children that really fascinate me. In 99% of greek mythology Hades is depicted as an infertile god and, given that he is the god of the dead, it makes sense that he can’t create life. greek mythology greek gods hellenic polytheism hellenic worship hades deity hades worship hades devotee hades cult Sources: “Worshipping Hades: Myth and Cult in Elis and Triphylia” by Diana Burton, Stockholm University Library This myth represents Hades not only as a protector of the agora but as a friend of humanity- and the ending where he fails, gets injured and asks for help just makes him so much more like us Hades has nothing to gain from defending Elis, but he does it anyway because they’re his followers. I find this myth so appealing because it’s rare to see a god putting themselves on the frontlines to protect mortals. They also named a mountain after Hades’ former lover, Minthe and had a river called Acheron after one of the rivers in the underworld. It is remarkable how casual the Eleans are with Hades, they call him ‘their friend’ and use his name instead of the more formal options. Heracles wins the battle and while the Eleans were rebuilding their city they also constructed a temple for Hades. In battle, Heracles strikes him with an arrow and Hades has to go to Olympus to be healed by Apollo. It goes like this: Heracles wanted to attacked Elis and was allied with Athena, Hades exits the underworld, allies himself with Poseidon and Hera, and leads an army to protect Elis. I want to talk about the myth that the people of Elis used to explain their devotion to Hades. Left: The temple of Hades in Elis as depicted in Assassins’s Creed. Here’s a fragment of the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite: “Muse, tell me the deeds of golden Cyprian Aphrodite, who stirs up sweet passion in the gods and subdues the tribes of mortal men and birds that fly in air and all the many creatures that the dry land rears, and all the sea” greek mythology greek gods hellenic polytheism hellenic worship aphrodite deity aphrodite aphrodite worship She was worshipped in Cnossus as ‘Aphrodite Antheia’ which means ‘The blooming’ or ‘The friend of flowers’ and the most common offering to Aphrodite was flowers She’s also called ‘Anadyomene’ which means ‘The Goddess rising out of the sea’Īphrodite is the earth- When she walks, flowers spring up from under her feet. hellenic worship hellenic polytheism greek mythology greek gods hades deity hades worshipĪphrodite is the sky- She’s the daughter of Ouranos, the primordial god of the sky, and she’s referred to as ‘Aphrodite Ourania’ meaning ‘The heavenly’Īphrodite is the sea- Before coming to the shores of Cyprus she resided in depths of the ocean, her love story with Nerites takes place in her time living underwater. The Furies, goddesses of vengeance and retribution Hermes Athanatus Diactorus, the chtonic aspect of Hermes in which he guides souls to the underworld The format is the same as when praying to any other theoi: Invoke the god, introduce yourself, make an argument as to why they should listen to you, and make a request.
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“Draw near then, as I bid you, hero, and dig a trench two feet square, then pour a libation all around to the dead, first of milk and honey, then of sweet wine, thirdly of water, sprinkled with white barley meal.”
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Homer in the Odyssey writes Circe advising Odysseus how to perform a libation to the dead: Animal sacrifice was always done in a holókaustos–a sacrifice where the entire animal was burned and none of the meat was saved for human consumptions. The prayer should be murmured.Ĭhthonic Theoi received special nighttime offerings of black animals, unmixed wine and special libations of milk and honey. Whereas women wore their hair up or covered for ouranic rituals, they wore their hair down in chthonic rituals. An example of this is seen in the ninth scroll of the Iliad when Althaea prays to Haides and dread Persephone by kneeling and beating her hands on the ground. When praying to underworld deities, we should direct our prayers downwards.