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Before we recognize leaders we need to have a better understanding of what a...
Have you noticed something missing from this article about young leaders wanting recognition in the community – indeed something that’s usually missing from most of the conversations pagans and...
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Round Two Results
Here’s how the Division I contests went down: Lyssa (3) Momos (6) Thero (6) Thyia (5) Pan (2) Rhesos (4) Bromie (4) Thetis (5) Alcimacheia (3) Karya (4) Ampelos (5) Erigone (2) Midas (2) Skyrtos (6)...
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Girls Gone Wild, Epeirote edition
Coming off the heels of her Achillean victory, Stesichore may feel proud enough to establish a troop of dancers to celebrate her kleos but she’d better start practicing with the rhombos instead cause...
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pretty evenly matched
Attalos I is one of the most important (but least discussed) of the Neoi Dionysoi, depicted here trying to keep Greece free of the French: According to Wikipedia: Attalus won an important victory over...
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As a devotee of Erigone I would personally like to apologize to all of the Jews.
You see, on March 20th an asteroid named after her passed over the star Regulus, obscuring its visibility from New York to Ontario for a whole twenty seconds or so. According to the good folks at...
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I smiled into the mirror
I think I’ve had a breakthrough of sorts. So as you know I’ve been struggling to figure out what I should do since stepping down as archiboukolos, especially since everything I’ve attempted to do has...
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looming symbols
Clement of Alexandria, Stromateis 5.8.49.3 So what? Does not Epigenes, in his book On the Poetry of Orpheus, in exhibiting the peculiarities found in Orpheus, say that by “the curved rods” (κερκίσι)...
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creeping terror
Zagreus the horned baby, who by himself climbed upon the heavenly throne of Zeus and brandished lightning in his little hand; but he did not hold the throne of Zeus for long. By the fierce resentment...
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Ever reveled with Dionysos in the pale moon light?
Where will you be July 31st through August 2nd? There’s a pretty good chance (if the stars align and finances are juggled just right) that I’ll be attending the Many Gods West conference in Olympia...
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Fufluns demonstrates ancient art of Etruscan divination
Step 1. Drink lots of wine. Step 2. Strip down to your boots and crown. Step 3. Drink more wine. Step 4. Get some chick to hold up a mirror or a bowl filled with wine (assuming there’s any wine left)...
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Worry not, for he awaits you on the other side
I’m always fascinated by the glimpses we get of local variant traditions in Italy, such as this Etruscan mirror: Nancy de Grummond in Mirrors, Marriage and Mystery explains the scene thusly: Another...
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Just sent this off to the good folks at Many Gods West
Name: Bakcheion Title of session: Filled with frenzy. Session description: A celebration of the god Dionysos through wine, masks, drumming, dancing and altered states of consciousness. Open only to...
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Take my gift
So, remember how I said: My current obsession is figuring out how Dionysos got to Italy. You see, practically every country – if not city – where he was worshipped has a myth of arrival, which has him...
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Everything’s better in Italy
The article Influence of Greek and Egyptian cultures in Art, Architecture and Religion in the Ancient Roman City of Pompeii reveals a previously unknown rite of the cult of Sabazius in Magna Graecia:...
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Is that a snake in your hand or are you just happy to see me?
I’m certain that what the author I quoted in the last piece was referring to is the ceremony described by Dunstan Lowe: Its pivotal moment is described to us by Christian polemicists, and E.N. Lane is...
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Excited
I’m really excited about round three competitions, the results of which will be posted Tuesday. I have no clue what the outcome will be. See, how this works is that I use two dice – one white and the...
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Διονύσια τὰ ἐν Ἄστει
In honor of the City Dionysia I’ve put together a cinematic compilation of one of the greatest tragedies. The Tale of Orpheus and Eurydice a poet who went to the underworld after the death of his wife...
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And here’s a collection for the Minos Bull
My mother bore a child … my mother bore a child! Hail! Hail! Asterion, Lord of Suffering! I am a fucking monster The dreams in their heads cannot be found in the maze. The red of Cabernet Sauvignon...
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Posting the results a little early, because I can.
So let’s see how good my guessing skills are. Prediction: In Momos vs Sterope, Momos will be victor. And the winner is … Sterope, 3 to 2. Prediction: In Thero vs Skyrtos, Thero will be victor. And the...
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Beastly
When Thracians face off against maenads it rarely goes well for them, so while Rhesos is a hero within the Starry Bull tradition my money’s on Thero. Who’s Thero, you ask? Why, only one of the most...
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