#kephalos

[katerinaaqu]

While researching Odysseus' family on his father's side, I had the blessing (and curse) of learning about Cephalus. This exploration had some ironic and tragic similarities between Odysseus and Cephalus. Both were taken advantage of by goddesses and held captive by them. Also, they share a Suicidal connection to the sea: Odysseus contemplated suicide on Calypso’s island, while Cephalus took his own life by drowning.

Correct me if I’m wrong abt smth

There seems to be plenty of parallelism with Cephalus who seems to be the beginning of the line of Odysseus or at least the founder of his kingdom and Odysseus himself. For starters we also have a tragic tale between Cephalus and his wife Procris (although their story is massively different than what we see between Odysseus and Penelope) in which Cephalus and Procris swear to each other to be loyal and according to sources like Hyginus we even hear a similar recognition game process such as between Odysseus and Penelope

Yes we see Cephalus being loved by the goddess Eos (Dawn) and him rejecting her and Eos kidnapped him and carried him over to Syria and even she tries to break his bond with Procris (see for example Calypso comparing herself to Penelope to manipulate Odysseus into seeing her as the better option). The iconography between Odysseus and Cephalus is very similar too. See for example this red-figure kylix that belongs to the painter Douris:

Eos appears to grab Cephalus bu the arm, pulling him out of his way. Cephalus is dressed in chlamys almost identical to the one Odysseus has in his, let's say depiction in the underworld and he wears a Petassos hat, significant part of people traveling or working outside. He is even holding two spears which was also a description Odysseus has more often whatnot (see for example when he is ready to fight Skylla in the Odyssey). I actually love this image at how scared and surprised Cephalus seems while Eos seems literally ready to pull him up at the sky.

As for the suicide thematic it seems that Strabo connects the location of Leucas or Leucatas as a "leap tradition" place for those who suffered of love. He seems to place Cephalus as the first person to start this "tradition" when he throws himself off the end of Leucatas rock where he had also built the temple to Apollo to clease himself from accidentally killing his wife so yes it seems that the connection between Cephalus and killing himself out of love exists Ironically Odysseus even if he considered suicide out of desperation many times over in the Odyssey, he never did it for real even if he had chances of doing it.

[theoihalioistuff]

Natural 'Love Remedies' in the lanscapes of ancient greek myths. Part I: The White Rock

Sorry for the long post in advance, there are too many references and too much scholarly discussion to make a short snappy post. I abridged as much as I could :)

The White Rock is first mentioned in passing in the Odyssey, as part of the westward journey that the shades of the suitors undertake as they're led to to the underworld:

And they passed by the streams of Okeanos and the White Rock [Λευκάδα πέτρην] and past the Gates of the Sun and the District of Dreams. (Od. 24. 11-12)

This passage has at first glance little thematic relevance to the rest of the attestations to come (if you're interested in theories see further reading below), but I'd be remiss not to mention this first source for a "White Rock". The rest or these sources refer specifically to the White Rock of the island of Leukas (the Leukadian Rock), which was said to have the property of relieving the lovesick from their passion. According to Menander (in Fragment 258 quoted in Stabo's Geography):

It contains the temple of Apollo Leucatas, and also the 'Leap', which was believed to put an end to the longings of love. As Menander says, "Where Sappho is said to have been the first, when through frantic longing she was chasing the haughty Phaon, to fling herself with a leap from the far-seen rock, calling upon thee in prayer, O lord and master". Now although Menander says that Sappho was the first to take the leap, those who are better versed than he in antiquities say that it was Cephalus, the son of Deïoneus, who was in love with Pterelas. (Strab. 10.2.9)

Strabo is presumably quoting Menander's lost play The Leukadia. Unrelated to love but still interesting, Strabo continues:

It was an ancestral custom among the Leucadians, every year at the sacrifice performed in honor of Apollo, for some criminal to be flung from this rocky look-out for the sake of averting evil, wings and birds of all kinds being fastened to him, since by their fluttering they could lighten the leap, and also for a number of men, stationed all round below the rock in small fishing-boats, to take the victim in, and, when he had been taken on board* (alternatively: resuscitated), to do all in their power to get him safely outside their borders. (Strab. 10.2.9 continued) ~~ This might be seen as somewhat paralleling Pausanias 10.32.6 for those who are curious.

According to Wilamowitz 1913 (again see further reading below), Menander chose for his play a setting that was known for its exotic cult practice involving a white rock, and conflated it in the quoted passage with a literary theme likewise involving a white rock. There are two surviving attestations of this theme, in which falling off the white rock is apparently a metaphor for fainting (due to lust and wine respectively):

One more time taking off in the air, down from the White Rock into the dark waves do I dive, intoxicated with lust. (Anacreon PMG 370)

I would be crazy not to give all the herds of the Cyclopes in return for drinking one cup [of that wine] and throw myself from the White Rock into the brine, once I am intoxicated, with eyebrows relaxed. Whoever is not happy when he drinks is crazy. (Euripides Cyclops 163-168)

Sappho's legendary (and unfortunately fatal) leap off the Leucadian Rock to relieve herself of her love for the handsome Phaon (a figure that deserves a post of their own) is found also in Ovid's Heroines:

Here, when, weeping, I laid down my weary limbs, a Naiad stood before my eyes. She stood there and said: ‘Since you burn with the fires of injustice, Ambracia’s the land to be sought by you. Apollo on the heights watches the open sea: summoning the people of Actium and Leucadia. Here Deucalion, fired by love of Pyrrha, cast himself down and struck the sea without harming his body. Without delay love turned and fled from his slowly sinking breast: Deucalion was eased of his passion. The place obeys that law. Seek out the Leucadian height right away, and don’t be afraid to leap from the rock! (Ov. Her. 15. 165–220)

Finally, according to the mythographer Ptolemy Chennos (know for his bizarre stories) as quoted by Photius in his Library:

Those who leapt off the cliff are said to have freed themselves from erotic desire. And this is the story that lies behind it: it is said that, after the death of Adonis, Aphrodite wandered about in search of him until she found him in the city of Argos in Cyprus in the sanctuary of Apollo Erithios. She carried him away [for a funeral], having told Apollo about her love for Adonis. Apollo took her to the Leucadic Rock and ordered her to jump off the cliff. As she leapt, she freed herself of her love. They say that when she inquired about the reason, Apollo replied that as a seer he knew that whenever Zeus felt desire for Hera, he would come to the rock, sit there and free himself from the desire. Many other men and women who suffered from lovesickness got rid of it when they jumped off that cliff. (Photius Bibliotheca. 152-153. Bekker)

What follows is a long list of people who are said to have jumped off said cliff, some surviving while others not (in any case, quite darkly, all were relieved of their passions). Notably Sappho, the most celebrated leaper, is not mentioned.

The fact that Zeus is mentioned as only sitting on the rock and not hurling himself from it is interesting. Nagy 1990 (see below) notes the similarities between the Leucadic Rock and the "proverbially white" Thoríkios pétros ‘Leap Rock’ of Attic Kolonos (Sophocles Oedipus at Colonus). He also notes the double etymology of "Thoríkios" as derivable from the noun thorós ‘semen’ (e.g. Herodotus 2.93.1) as well as of the verb thrṓiskō ‘leap’ (which can also have the side-meaning ‘mount, fecundate’ e.g. Aeschylus Eumenides 600), and connects it with one of the myths that is said to have taken place on this mountain:

Others say that, in the vicinity of the rocks at Athenian Kolonos, he [Poseidon], falling asleep, had an emission of semen, and a horse Skúphios came out, who is also called Skīrōnítēs. (Scholia to Lycophron 766)

Poseidon Petraîos [= of the rocks] has a cult among the Thessalians … because he, having fallen asleep at some rock, had an emission of semen; and the earth, receiving the semen, produced the first horse, whom they called Skúphios. (Scholia tο Pindar Pythian 4.246)

According to Bednarek 2019 (see below), in view of Ptolemy’s humorous intentions in his collection of weird narratives, the story becomes a sort of "sophomoric riddle": What cure does Zeus have to administer "repeatedly" (εὶ ἐρῶν … ἐκαθέζετο καὶ ἀνεπαύετο), while sitting down, presumably alone and in secrecy, that clearly only provides a temporary relief, and provides an aitiological name for the White Rock, to free himself from his desire?

All this long-winded post just to make a fucking joke about Zeus having a wank. Worth it.

~~ Cape Lefkatas

Secondary Sources and Futher Reading (these are only the ones I mentioned in this post, apparently there's a lot to say on the subject):

Greek Mythology and Poetics, Gregory Nagy 1990. Ch. 9. Phaethon, Sappho’s Phaon, and the White Rock of Leukas: “Reading” the Symbols of Greek Lyric. https://chs.harvard.edu/chapter/chapter-9-phaethon-sapphos-phaon-and-the-white-rock-of-leukas-reading-the-symbols-of-greek-lyric-pp-223-262/

Levaniouk, Olga. 2011. Eve of the Festival: Making Myth in Odyssey 19. Hellenic Studies Series 46. Washington, DC: Center for Hellenic Studies https://chs.harvard.edu/chapter/17-penelope-and-the-penelops/

Bednarek, Bartłomiej. “Zeus on the Leucadic Rock. White magic of an obscene passage in Ptolemy Chennos.” Acta Classica 62 (2019): 219–27. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26945053.

Sappho und Simonides, Untersuchungen über griechische Lyriker by Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1913

[etherealmultiplicity]

𖤓 Lucifer / Eosphorus / Hesperus 𖤓

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Eosphorus/Phosphorus/Hesperus

(Lord Lucifer is down below)

𖤓 :Etymology: 𖤓

Greek Name: Εωσφορος / Ἑσπερος Translation: Eôsphorus / Hesperus

Other Name: Phosphorus

Roman Name: Luciferus, Lucifer / Vesperus, Vesper

My Own Knowledge of His Etymology: Eosphorus/Phosphorus is the god of the dawn, in Roman myth his name translates to Lucifer, all three names translates to dawn bringer, morning star, light bringer, etc.

Hesperus is the god of the evening, in Roman Myth his name translates to Vesperus, Vesper. He is the evening star.

These gods were brothers and both represented Venus, they later were recognized as the same god but worshipped as different aspects.

𖤓 :Relationships: 𖤓

Main Spouse: Unknown

Affairs: Unknown

Siblings: Each other?

Parents: Astraeus and Eos, and/or Kephalos and Eos

Children: Keyx, Daidalion, Hesperis, The Hesperides, Leukonoe

𖤓 :Sacred: 𖤓

(Not a lot is known about the brothers so these are my guesses)

Animals: Unknown

Items: Aureole

Plants: Sunflower, Daisy, Dandelion

𖤓 :Devotional Info: 𖤓

(Not a lot is known about the brothers so these are my guesses)

Major Arcana: The Sun, The Moon, The World

Tarot Suits: Three of Cups, Six of Cups, Ten of Cups

Color Associations: Orange, Yellow, Blue, Sky Pink, Sky Purple

Days: Saturday, Daylight Savings time changes

Seasons: All of them

Consumables: Ambrosia, Nectar, Wine

Modern Consumables: Literally Anything

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Lord Lucifer

𖤓 :Etymology: 𖤓

The same as Eosphorus and Hesperus

𖤓 :Relationships: 𖤓

Main Spouse: Lilith?

Affairs: Eve?

Siblings: The Angels??

Parents: God?

Children: Unknown

𖤓 :Sacred: 𖤓

Animals: Snakes, Bulls, Corvids, Peacocks, Bugs, Spiders, Goats, Sheep

Items: Aureole/Halo

Plants: Sunflower, Daisy, Dandelion, Foxglove, Nightshade, Lily of the Valley, Belladonna, Cinnamon, Any and All Fruit (but especially apples)

𖤓 :Devotional Info: 𖤓

Major Arcana: The Sun, The Moon, The World, The Devil, The Hermit, The Emperor, The Magician

Tarot Suits: Three of Cups, Six of Cups, Ten of Cups, Two of Cups, King of Swords, King of Pentacles, King of Cups, King of Wands,

Color Associations: Orange, Yellow, Blue, Sky Pink, Sky Purple

Days: Saturday, Daylight Savings time changes

Seasons: All of them (but my intuition is telling me winter and spring)

Consumables: Ambrosia, Nectar, Wine

Modern Consumables: Literally Anything (But also apples and apple juice)

Also, from personal experience he likes the band Ghost and classical music (and overly sexual pop or hip-hop music)

[galusandmalus]

cephalus and Procris get a happy ending?????????? maybe???

we all know the story of Cephalus as one with a sad af ending, where he accidentally killed his love after finally being free from Eos. but I stumbled upon a strange ending after that by Lembus "The god told Cephalus, when he was consulting the oracle about children, to have sexual intercourse with whomever he should encounter first. He met a bear and through intercourse with the bear (arctus), he begot a woman, by whom it is said that Arceisius was appropriately named" -Heraclides Lembus, On Constitutions HMMMMMMM A BEAR HUH GEEE it kinda REMINDS me of how a different god Did bear things "She chose to occupy herself with wild-beasts in the mountains together with Artemis, and, when she was seduced by Zeus, continued some time undetected by the goddess, but afterwards, when she was already with child, was seen by her bathing and so discovered. Upon this, the goddess was enraged and changed her into a beast. Thus she became a bear and gave birth to a son called Arcas" -Hesiod HMMHMM HMMMM goddess of the hunt sure is connected to bears. but its not like she would be connected to the cephalus/procris myth-

"When Diana saw her, she said to her : ‘virgins hunt with me, but you are not a virgin, leave my company.’ Procris revealed to her her misfortune and told her that she had been deceived by Aurora [Eos the Dawn]. Diana, moved by pity, gave her a javelin which no one could avoid, and the dog Laelaps which no wild beast could escape, and bade her go contend with Cephalus. With her hair cut, and in young man's attire, by the will of Diana [Artemis], she came to Cephalus and challenged him, and surpassed him in the hunt. When Cephalus saw that javelin and Dog were so irresistible, he asked the stranger to sell them to him, not knowing she was his wife. She refused. He promised her also a share in his kingdom [of Phokis]; she still refused. ‘But if,’ she said, ‘you really continue to want this, grant me what boys are won to grant.’ Inflamed by desire for the javelin and the Dog, he promised he would. When they had come into the bed-chamber, Procris took off her tunic and showed that she was a woman and his wife. Cephalus took the gifts and came again into her favour." -Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae

wow Procris uses a disguise> "devoted to the arts Diana [Artemis] loved . . . [After begging for Prokris' forgiveness she returned to him and] she gave me [Kephalos] too, as though herself were gift of small account, a hound [Lailaps] her own Cynthia [Artemis] had given her, saying ‘He'll outrun them all.’ The javelin too she gave me which you see." -Ovid, Metamorphoses 7. 732 ff (trans. Melville) (Roman epic C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.) :

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM wowie thats CRAZY, right she really gained favor with artemis/ diana just by being sad af

I THINK lembus was trying to make a connection of the bear BEING procris somehow returned by artemis/diana. the bear connection to the goddess, the fact that the bear never gets a name but the child birthed from the union IS. and in other sources THAT CHILD IS THE CHILD OF CEPHELUS AND PROCRIS "Procris. By her Cephalus had a son Arcesius, whose son was Laertes, Ulysses' father" -Hyginus, Fabulae

ladies and gentleman and that person over there I think the bear and Procris might be the same. i think the god is artemis/diana. and I think I might be in denial about a very sad story. this is my interpretation of Lembus's work.

happy ending jumpscare

[moishe-pipick]

Terracotta relief plaque ('Melian relief'): Eos carries off Kephalos.

490 BC-470 BC

[itjazzbicch]

A New Dream

Pairing:  Claudio Serafino x Mishima!Devil!Reader 

Summary: A Continuation of - A Sun Is Born

Facing off against True Devil Kazuya in the Colosseum after the Iron Fist Tournament, the reader struggles in battle against their father, beaten and weakened by his newfound strength. But when the reader's new dream is in jeopardy, they do what it takes to protect it.

Warnings:  Some fighting, the reader goes full devil mode, but that's about it!

Quick Note: I am so sorry for not writing so much until now this year! But I'm starting to regain my mojo, and I hope you all enjoy this!

Word Count: 1.4k 

"You're a disappointment..."

Facing off against my father alongside Claudio, Victor, and some other fighters, just to be swatted at like flies, made me feel that my father's words may have been true.

It was already bad enough that he took Azazel's power from Zafina so quickly, and now, his proper devil form?

He was a force to be reckoned with, and I learned that firsthand, beaten and my face in the dirt of the Colosseum.

Tears swelled up in my eyes, full of pain and rage. I wanted to get up and keep fighting, but my body wouldn't let me pick myself up.

Those emotions had me so zoned out for a moment that I didn't realize what was going on until a blue ring suddenly appeared in the sky surrounding my father, and Claudio's voice filled me with hope like it always did.

"The restriction field is already in place!"

His abilities never ceased to amaze me. I looked downward to see him fully prepared to take down my father since he was still pinned.

"What is this now?"

The restriction field had my father chained, and my eyes widened with awe as I saw Claudio's eye change, the mark of Sirius Exorcists appearing on the side of his face, saying firmly as his blue aura began to form an arrow:

"Sink into the eternal darkness, joined only by the stain of your sins!"

The spear of Kephalos was a sight to behold, and I was positive that this was all over as Claudio called out while shooting the spear:

"Begone, evil star!"

In just a matter of moments, all my hope was shattered. I knew my father was strong, but I never expected him to break free from the chains and dodge the spear.

I needed to get up, but the fight against my father had taken such a tremendous toll on me. I kept pushing so hard to get up, but my body failed me by being so tense, all my limbs shaking as I was on all fours.

My heart had never pounded so hard as it did then; looking to see Claudio falling to his knees, summoning that spear must've taken a great deal of energy, my father's voice putting genuine fear into my heart:

"Pretty clever for a mere human."

His dark purple aura started circling into his chest; his target was Claudio.

It felt like time froze as Claudio seemed to have accepted this fate, but it was something I refused to accept. He was the light of my life, my new dream, and I wasn't letting anyone or anything take that away from me.

"Begone!" My father yelled at me, sending a fatal blast towards Claudio, catching everyone off guard when suddenly, a loud and piercing roar flew out of me.

I never liked it when such a thing happened, but my devil completely took over me, flying in front of Claudio, the laser between my eyes shooting out and clashing with my father's blast, yelling out of pure hatred towards him:

"You've made my life nothing but hell! I won't let you take the one good thing I have away from me!"

I'd never felt so numb before, and for a change, my devil consuming me had some good to it, as the power that came with my rage was enough to rival my father's.

Letting out another roar, my laser blasted straight through him, and at the same time, Claudio had my back as he always did, redirecting the spear, and it pierced my father's shoulder.

The effects of the spear must not have hit him yet, my father yelling down at me:

"You wouldn't have such a power without my blood, and you decide to throw it away over those pathetic humans!"

"The only one who is pathetic is you!" I screamed back, my laser powering up simultaneously, ready to land an even more devastating blow, but he noticed his wound, knowing it was time to retreat.

I tried to fire it off before he could fly away, but given my state and the fact that my mind was all over the place, I didn't hit him directly.

That only made me angrier, continuing to fire off my laser over and over, screaming out:

"Get back here, you bastard!"

My devil's power was more vital than ever. My whole body was so tense that it felt like I could implode from the inside out, and all I could think about was defeating my father till a familiar touch made all those bad things come to a halt, my mind clearing at the sweet tone that I adored:

"Amore..."

My beaming red eyes found Claudio, my heart stopping momentarily as he did something I'd never imagined anyone doing. Holding my wrist, he brought me into his arms, keeping me in a warm embrace.

I always thought this form was hideous, with its wings, horns, fangs, and piercing red eyes. I was nothing short of horror in my eyes but in his eyes? I was still the same old me.

My heart was beating in my head as he held me, and a wave of calmness crashed down over me. I felt my body truly weakened as my wings and horns retracted, starting to go back to normal.

At the same time, I clung onto his shirt, my knees shaking from being so weak, my eyes rolling to the back of my head, but I could sense how he was guiding me downward in his arms, whispering to me:

"I have you, amore. Relax, please..."

Finally, it felt like I could breathe again, taking slow, deep breaths and opening my eyes after a moment, seeing his relieved smile as they were back to their usual color, swelling up with tears as I tried to chuckle those tears away:

"An exorcist fighting alongside a devil...who would've seen that coming, heh..."

"You're no devil..." His eyes showed that he didn't expect me to do what I had done to such an extent, but he was grateful. His eyes glossed over as he caressed my cheek gently, whispering, "Thank you for saving my life..."

"There's no need to thank me," I assured him. It was hard to move, but I picked my arm up to take his hand, holding it as tightly as I could. Tears fell on my cheeks, and my voice cracked a little from the deep meaning in my words: "I was simply protecting my d-dream..."

"Your dream?"

I could tell that he was only looking for reassurance, knowing what I meant already as his eyes teared up more, my following words making one leak out:

"You're my dream, Claudio..."

Squeezing my hand tightly, he wrapped his free arm around me, bringing me to his chest. All the strong emotions took over me again. I clung to him as my arm wrapped around his neck, holding him as if I'd never get another chance to do so, all the tears that I tried to hold back streaming down my face.

"Nothing will ever ruin your dream," he whispered in my ear, fixing his head against mine to look into my eyes. He showed how he felt the same by rephrasing, "Our dream..."

"Nothing." I nodded gently, staring deeply into his heavenly blue eyes, feeling how my heart moved by something as simple as looking into someone's eyes.

He was the happiness that I had always dreamed of, and I didn't plan on ever letting that go, closing my eyes and pressed my lips against his softly, holding for as long as I could till I was breathless and didn't have the energy to keep my head up.

Since all our emotions were flowing out of us, I decided to tell him what my heart was telling me, showing that I even picked up on some Italian, barely able to keep my eyes open but solely fixed on his gaze:

"Ti amo, angelo mio..."

[I love you, my angel...]

The fight I had prior, along with my devil taking control of me, had drained me to my limit, but there was a smile on my face when I felt Claudio squeeze me once he heard my words; his warmth mixed with my exhaustion had me passing out.

That was fine by me. I knew that I was safe in his arms, and I got to fall asleep to his beautiful, sweet, and soft coo:

"Anch'io ti amo... davvero tanto."

[I love you too... so much.] 

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[thehumanityofgreekgods]

Hermes | The God with Winged Feet

HOMERIC HYMN 4 to Hermes:

“For then she bare a son, of many shifts, blandly cunning, a robber, a cattle driver, a bringer of dreams, (14) a watcher by night, a thief at the gates, one who was soon to show forth  wonderful deeds among the deathless gods. Born with the dawning, at midday  he played on the lyre, and in the evening he stole the cattle of far-shooting Apollo on the fourth day of the month; for on that day queenly Maia bare him (15).”

PARENTS:

Son of Zeus: King of the Gods (Many of you reading this will probably know who this is. He is pretty popular despite his controversial escapades.)

Son of Maia: Goddess sometimes referred to as a Mountain Nymph, “MAIA was the eldest of the Pleiades, the seven nymphs of the constellation Pleiades,” according to theoi.com, and daughter of the Titan Atlas (Titan punished to hold the planet up by Zeus)

STATUS: Olympian

PURPOSE:

Messenger God of Zeus to Hades. Invented the lyre out of a turtles shell, ox hide, sheep horns, and animal guts then traded it to Apollo for his herd of cows (that he stole). This trade was significant because Apollo then gained the title “The God of Music,” and Hermes became, “The God of Thieves.”

He is also the God of trade, heralds, herds, and athletes.

CHILDREN:

Hermes had many children, mortal and immortal, Human and Gods.

The lists and descriptions in this section were sourced from theoi.com.

Immortal:

Angelia: Goddess, messenger of the Gods.

Eleusis: Son of Hermes and Daeira.

Hermaphroditos: Son of Hermes and Aphroditie. Also known as Hermaphroditus was the winged God of effeminates and hermaphrodites. Belonged to Erotes a group of winged love-Gods.

Oreiades: Also known as Oreads, meaning “of the Mountain”. In short, Hermes was said to be the father of many nymphs of the Mountain.

Palaistra: Also known as Plaestra. Some sources say she was Hermes's daughter, grew up in Arcadia, and was the Goddess of wrestling. Other sources say she was Hermes's lover and the daughter of Chorius, an Arcadian king.

Pan: Half-man on top, half-goat on the bottom. God of flocks, shepherds, & the wild. Famously invented the pan flute; like father like son.

Panes: There were many Panes, some associated with Pan and others with Satyrs, but Agreus and Nomios were sons of Hermes.

Known as “Rustic spirits” responsible for protecting sheep flocks, and goat herds found on highland pastures and mountains. “Panes were depicted as goat-footed men with the horns, tail, beard, snub nose and ears of a goat. They sometimes had actual goat-heads instead of just a few goatish features.”  

Priapos: Also known as Pirapus. God of vegetable gardens, the symbol of the fertility of gardens, and the protector of flocks, beehives, and vineyards. Most sources believe he was a son of Aphrodite and Dionysus.

Satyroi: Also known as Satyrs and fertility spirits, there were many Satyrs in Greek mythology. However, “…the three messengers of Dionysos were sons of Hermes.” Lykos, Pronomos, and Pherespondos.

Mortal:

Abderos, Aithalides, Arabos, Autolykos, Bonuos, Daphnis, Ekhion, Eleusis, Eleusis, Euandros, Kaikos, Kephalos, Keryx, Kydon, Libys, Myrtilos, Norax, Orion, Pharis, Phaunos, Polybos, Saon.

Many were Kings, founders of cities, Lords, Inventors, and Princes. Most if not all were men.

21st Century ROLES:

Hadestown (Broadway Production); Hermes was played by Daniel Breaker (Andre de Shields in the original cast)

Percy Jackson: Sea of monsters (Movie): Hermes was played by Nathan Fillion

Percy Jackson and the Olympians (TV series): Hermes was played by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Clash of the Titians (Movie): Hermes was played by Alexander Siddig

Disney’s Hercules (Movie): Voiced by Paul Shaffer

Featured as a companion of Persephone in Lore Olympus

This is Hermes in Lore Olympus created by Racheal Smythe. Picture from webcomic episode 125. (The art is incredible in this series HIGHLY recommend)

There are probably many more.

[aliciavance4228]

Found this passage from Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3:

"Herse had by Hermes a son Cephalus, whom Dawn loved and carried off, and consorting with him in Syria bore a son Tithonus, who had a son Phaethon, who had a son Astynous, who had a son Sandocus, who passed from Syria to Cilicia and founded a city Celenderis, and having married Pharnace, daughter of Megassares, king of Hyria, begat Cinyras."

...and this one:

"Kephalos, whom Eos developed a passion for and kidnapped. They had sex in Syria, and she bore him a son (Tithonos, who was father of) Phaethon [the reference to Tithonos here should probably means that Eos' husband Tithonos was the step-father of her son Phaethon]; Phaethon [was father] of Astynoos, and Astynoos of Sandokos. Sandokos left Syria for Kilikia."

...aaand this one too:

"Kinyras took some people with him to Kypros and founded Paphos there; he married Metharme, a child of King Pygmalion of Kypros, and they had Oxyporos and Adonis . . . While Adonis was still a boy, because of Artemis' anger he was wounded by a boar during a hunt and died. Hesiodos says the he was the son of Phoinix and Alphesiboia; but Panyassis calls him the son of Theias, king of the Assyrians, whose daughter was Smyrna. Because of Aphrodite's wrath (for she did not honour Aphrodite), Smyrna developed a lust for her father, and with the help of her nurse slept with him for twelve nights without his knowing it. When he found out he drew his sword and started after her, and as he was about to overtake her, she prayed to the gods to become invisible. The gods took pity on her and changed her into the tree called the Smyrna. Nine months later the tree split open and the baby named Adonis was born. 

Okay, so let's see if I got this correctly: Cephalus was raped by Eos and their son Phaethon was one of Aphrodite's lovers and fathered Astynous. Cinyras is a descendant of Astynous and Aphrodite cursed his daughter to lust after him. After she got turned into a tree she gave birth to Adonis, who became Aphrodite's lover. In other words, Aphrodite is the great-great-great-grandmother of Adonis. Yaaaayyy...

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There is a Klymene daughter of Okeanos, consort of Iapetos and mother of Prometheus, a Klymene daughter of Okeanos, consort of Helios and mother of Phaethon; a Klymene daughter of Nereus; a Klymene daughter of Minyas, wife of Kephalos and mother of Iphiklos; a Klymene daughter of Katreus; there are about half a dozen more ladies named Klymene.

There is an Aglaia daughter of Zeus and wife of Hephaistos, an Aglaia daughter of Mantineus and mother of Akrisios and Proitos by Abas; an Aglaia consort of Charops and mother of Nireus; there are several other ladies named Aglaia.

There is the Themis daughter of Gaia and Ouranos, consort of Zeus and mother of the Seasons; there is also a local Arcadian nymph called Themis by the Greeks and Carmenta. by the Romans, mother of Evander and consort of Hermes.

There is the Thetis daughter of Nereus and mother of Achilles; there is also Melanippe the daughter of Cheiron whose original name was Thetis

Therefore, just because in Plato's Symposium the mother of Poros is named Metis doesn't have to mean she is the same goddess whose son, if conceived, was to become king of gods and men. Metis is also one of the many names attributed to the mother of Homer: "As for his [Homer's] mother, she is variously called Metis, Cretheis, Themista, and Eugnetho. Others say she was an Ithacan woman sold as a slave by the Phoenicians; other, Calliope the Muse; others again Polycasta, the daughter of Nestor." (The Contest of Homer and Hesiod) Metis is literally a word that describes a particular form of intelligence, so it lends itself well to allegorical genealogies such as these.

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How do you personally pronounce Polycephaly's name?

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I think one of the funniest pieces of most scaled-down representations of the Judgement of Paris is when the only people in it are Paris being chased by Hermes.

It's the same set-up as Ganymede being chased by Zeus, or Eos chasing Kephalos or Tithonos (sometimes Kleitos), so now it just looks like Hermes is out to fuck the lyre-wielding twink.

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Nonnus, Dionysiaca 4. 192 ff (trans. Rouse) (Greek epic C5th A.D.) : "[The goddess Harmonia laments her love for a mortal man :] ‘I will proclaim how Orion loved Erigeneia [Eos the Dawn], and I will recall the match of Kephalos (Cephalus); if I go to the misty sunset, my comfort is Selene herself who felt the same for Endymion upon Latmos.’” WOW This is bad. 😭 I can't believe harmonica would ever say this. 5th century ad mfs were wild. butt if this is how mfs saw her maybe its a good thing she god turned into a snake/dragon

tw: rape...just all the rape

Ah nothing like a little research...let's do this!

Alright there's Orion and Eos, a romance that happened because Eos was curse to be thirsty for mortals and kidnapped Orion to be his sex slave but got 360 no scoped by Artemis because she really didn't like Orion claiming to be a better hunter than her.

Eos and Caphalus, Eos kidnaps Caphalus, rapes him repeatedly against his will until he begs enough for Eos to let him go.

And Selene and Endymion, Zeus sends Endymion to sleep and rapes him until she bares 50 children.

...The Dionysiaca was fucking wild and I deeply hope that Cadmus and Harmonia at least had a happy relationship...

Also I have several questions, as in all the questions, as to why Selene would want a living and unwilling real doll as a lover but I'm honestly afraid to ask them. Because at least Aphrodite cursed Eos.

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Totally didn't realize that I never posted this until now-

We're officially 20 years in! That's so exciting! There's a lot of great developments.

From L-R: Petrov Lovansky and Pravin (Pravanya), their two children Veronika (child) and Fyodor (newborn), Panjali Manhwari, his new wife Jozefa the two children Saanvi (toddler) and Navin (newborn), Nicholas and Lokelani Alsoph, their son Silvester (newborn), Leopold Alsoph (child), Larkin Alsoph, Ikarus Vemalis and his wife Xiulan, Artemis Vemalis and Kephalos Vemalis.

We lost 9 sims from 1310-1320, with 4 of the deaths being from the Great Famine.

Until next decade!

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I do like that theyre using the french word for Kephalos (which is "Céphale") for Victor's dialogue but STOP KEEPING MAKING SHIT UP

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Terracotta relief plaque ('Melian relief'): Eos carries off Kephalos.

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Paros, Zacharias Stellas, 1971

Kephalos, Agios Antonios monastery (Monastero di Sant'Antonio)

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