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international cut your hair like your icon day how screwed are you 

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STOP 👏🏻 HANGING 👏🏻 HARMFUL 👏🏻 SHIT 👏🏻 ON 👏🏻 TREES

STOP 👏🏻 CRAVING 👏🏻 SHIT 👏🏻 ON 👏🏻 RANDOM 👏🏻 TREES 👏🏻

it ain’t charming or cute find a dead log or something but LEAVE THE LIVING TREES ALONE craving in their bark will harm the tree and expose to harmful diseases and bacteria. It’s no different than carving into your skin.

The harmful things are synthetic like polyester cloth or thread, consists of plastics things aren’t at all biodegradable that can harm the tree and the wildlife.

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This is your reminder that your gods love you. They care about you. They want to help. It's ok to reach out.

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Ephesus ancient city, Turkey

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Thank you, I love your writing and knowledge, you can do it. ��🧡

Honestly the Lucian Dialogs of Gods (Dialogi Deorum) are so lively and so direct!

For instance here is the clip of the dialog between Hermes and Apollo! Apollo is grieving over the death of Hyakinthus!

Hermes: Why are you sad, Apollo? Apollo: Oh Hermes! I am so devastated! My beloved! Hermes: Ah that is worthy of sorrow indeed but whom are you grieving for? Are you sad about Daphne? Apollo: Not at all. I grieve for my lover (eromenos), the Laconian son of Oeballus Hermes: Don't tell me Hyakinthus died! Apollo: Very much so! Hermes: But who, Apollo, who could be so incapable of love so that to kill that beautiful boy?! Apollo: It was by my own hand! Hermes: Undoubtedly you must have gone mad, Apollo! Apollo: No I wasn't, it was an accident that happened without my will! Hermes: How? I want to hear the way! Apollo: He was learning how to throw the discus and I was throwing with him however Zephyr also loved him and he (Hyakinthus) was not interested and because Zephyr couldn't stand the insult when I threw, like we were used to, upwards he (Zephyr) blew over the mount Taygetos and it (the discus) flew towards the boy's head and so much blood flowed from the wound, immediately killing the boy! I attacked immediately Zephyr with my arrows and he ran away back to the mountains. However the boy I buried in a grave in Amyclae where the discus killed him and from his blood, oh Hermes, from his blood I made a beloved flower come out of the earth, the most beautiful flower of all and I wrote on it letters to mourn for the dead! Do you think now that I mourn unjustly? Hermes: Ah, Apollo you already knew you had chosen a mortal for your lover! Do not grieve now that he died!

(Translation by me)

I love how you can literally play the scene so simply! You just need two people. Apollo is crying devastated, Hermes notices and asks him what is going on wishing to hear the story. We also hear that the events with Daphne have passed now but also we see that Apollo grieves for his "eromenos". Hermes originally wonders who would do such a thing and then when Apollo reveals the truth Hermes assumes he was mad or something because who would dare to harm him?! (here again the concept of καλός καγαθός "beautiful and pure)

However after Apollo tells his sad story Hermes seems to drop the "logic bomb" here that Apollo made the choice of loving a mortal man that was destined to die anyways. Somehow not showing as much sympathy at the end of the story! In one way that seems to be the final punchline that in the end of the day the gods that wish to love mortals are already up for sorrows because mortals are destined to die anyways

However the way that we see in such a small piece of dialog how Hermes and Apollo interact; how Hermes is more insensitive while Apollo is grieving and taken over by emotion, we hear their "roles" in the relationship (erastes and eromenos), we hear the story of Zephyr being jealous of Hyakinthus for not returning his feelings, we see the immediate enraged reaction by Apollo and the way he buries the boy back at the place he was hit and also the dramatic details about the child's fate... And finally the Hyakinth flower that says to have the letters of YA (Υάκυνθος ) forming on the leaves I remember mentioning this to my Achilles and Patroclus analysis (I also mentioned it more to my reblogs with @likethexan ) and the way the clip seems to be influenced by the same pattern of rage and grief is really beautifully written!

The Lucian Dialogs are generally so great but the dialogs of gods have some great elements in them such as Zeus and Ganymedes or Hera to Zeus about Ganymedes!

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@katerinaaqu You certainly can start something similar if you like the idea. The mandatory university syllabus states that in 3rd semester next year we start ancient greek so, I'm learning in advance.

Good luck if you decide to create something similar!

Honestly the Lucian Dialogs of Gods (Dialogi Deorum) are so lively and so direct!

For instance here is the clip of the dialog between Hermes and Apollo! Apollo is grieving over the death of Hyakinthus!

Hermes: Why are you sad, Apollo? Apollo: Oh Hermes! I am so devastated! My beloved! Hermes: Ah that is worthy of sorrow indeed but whom are you grieving for? Are you sad about Daphne? Apollo: Not at all. I grieve for my lover (eromenos), the Laconian son of Oeballus Hermes: Don't tell me Hyakinthus died! Apollo: Very much so! Hermes: But who, Apollo, who could be so incapable of love so that to kill that beautiful boy?! Apollo: It was by my own hand! Hermes: Undoubtedly you must have gone mad, Apollo! Apollo: No I wasn't, it was an accident that happened without my will! Hermes: How? I want to hear the way! Apollo: He was learning how to throw the discus and I was throwing with him however Zephyr also loved him and he (Hyakinthus) was not interested and because Zephyr couldn't stand the insult when I threw, like we were used to, upwards he (Zephyr) blew over the mount Taygetos and it (the discus) flew towards the boy's head and so much blood flowed from the wound, immediately killing the boy! I attacked immediately Zephyr with my arrows and he ran away back to the mountains. However the boy I buried in a grave in Amyclae where the discus killed him and from his blood, oh Hermes, from his blood I made a beloved flower come out of the earth, the most beautiful flower of all and I wrote on it letters to mourn for the dead! Do you think now that I mourn unjustly? Hermes: Ah, Apollo you already knew you had chosen a mortal for your lover! Do not grieve now that he died!

(Translation by me)

I love how you can literally play the scene so simply! You just need two people. Apollo is crying devastated, Hermes notices and asks him what is going on wishing to hear the story. We also hear that the events with Daphne have passed now but also we see that Apollo grieves for his "eromenos". Hermes originally wonders who would do such a thing and then when Apollo reveals the truth Hermes assumes he was mad or something because who would dare to harm him?! (here again the concept of καλός καγαθός "beautiful and pure)

However after Apollo tells his sad story Hermes seems to drop the "logic bomb" here that Apollo made the choice of loving a mortal man that was destined to die anyways. Somehow not showing as much sympathy at the end of the story! In one way that seems to be the final punchline that in the end of the day the gods that wish to love mortals are already up for sorrows because mortals are destined to die anyways

However the way that we see in such a small piece of dialog how Hermes and Apollo interact; how Hermes is more insensitive while Apollo is grieving and taken over by emotion, we hear their "roles" in the relationship (erastes and eromenos), we hear the story of Zephyr being jealous of Hyakinthus for not returning his feelings, we see the immediate enraged reaction by Apollo and the way he buries the boy back at the place he was hit and also the dramatic details about the child's fate... And finally the Hyakinth flower that says to have the letters of YA (Υάκυνθος ) forming on the leaves I remember mentioning this to my Achilles and Patroclus analysis (I also mentioned it more to my reblogs with @likethexan ) and the way the clip seems to be influenced by the same pattern of rage and grief is really beautifully written!

The Lucian Dialogs are generally so great but the dialogs of gods have some great elements in them such as Zeus and Ganymedes or Hera to Zeus about Ganymedes!

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Apollo holding the kithara from the Temple of Venus at Hadrian’s Villa (detail)

Attested to Apollonios, circa 150 AD

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@katerinaaqu Beautiful expression of emotions and since I've just finished with the present participles I could understand maybe half of the little conversation. The last big Apollo part is still hard though so, thanks for the translation.

Honestly the Lucian Dialogs of Gods (Dialogi Deorum) are so lively and so direct!

For instance here is the clip of the dialog between Hermes and Apollo! Apollo is grieving over the death of Hyakinthus!

Hermes: Why are you sad, Apollo? Apollo: Oh Hermes! I am so devastated! My beloved! Hermes: Ah that is worthy of sorrow indeed but whom are you grieving for? Are you sad about Daphne? Apollo: Not at all. I grieve for my lover (eromenos), the Laconian son of Oeballus Hermes: Don't tell me Hyakinthus died! Apollo: Very much so! Hermes: But who, Apollo, who could be so incapable of love so that to kill that beautiful boy?! Apollo: It was by my own hand! Hermes: Undoubtedly you must have gone mad, Apollo! Apollo: No I wasn't, it was an accident that happened without my will! Hermes: How? I want to hear the way! Apollo: He was learning how to throw the discus and I was throwing with him however Zephyr also loved him and he (Hyakinthus) was not interested and because Zephyr couldn't stand the insult when I threw, like we were used to, upwards he (Zephyr) blew over the mount Taygetos and it (the discus) flew towards the boy's head and so much blood flowed from the wound, immediately killing the boy! I attacked immediately Zephyr with my arrows and he ran away back to the mountains. However the boy I buried in a grave in Amyclae where the discus killed him and from his blood, oh Hermes, from his blood I made a beloved flower come out of the earth, the most beautiful flower of all and I wrote on it letters to mourn for the dead! Do you think now that I mourn unjustly? Hermes: Ah, Apollo you already knew you had chosen a mortal for your lover! Do not grieve now that he died!

(Translation by me)

I love how you can literally play the scene so simply! You just need two people. Apollo is crying devastated, Hermes notices and asks him what is going on wishing to hear the story. We also hear that the events with Daphne have passed now but also we see that Apollo grieves for his "eromenos". Hermes originally wonders who would do such a thing and then when Apollo reveals the truth Hermes assumes he was mad or something because who would dare to harm him?! (here again the concept of καλός καγαθός "beautiful and pure)

However after Apollo tells his sad story Hermes seems to drop the "logic bomb" here that Apollo made the choice of loving a mortal man that was destined to die anyways. Somehow not showing as much sympathy at the end of the story! In one way that seems to be the final punchline that in the end of the day the gods that wish to love mortals are already up for sorrows because mortals are destined to die anyways

However the way that we see in such a small piece of dialog how Hermes and Apollo interact; how Hermes is more insensitive while Apollo is grieving and taken over by emotion, we hear their "roles" in the relationship (erastes and eromenos), we hear the story of Zephyr being jealous of Hyakinthus for not returning his feelings, we see the immediate enraged reaction by Apollo and the way he buries the boy back at the place he was hit and also the dramatic details about the child's fate... And finally the Hyakinth flower that says to have the letters of YA (Υάκυνθος ) forming on the leaves I remember mentioning this to my Achilles and Patroclus analysis (I also mentioned it more to my reblogs with @likethexan ) and the way the clip seems to be influenced by the same pattern of rage and grief is really beautifully written!

The Lucian Dialogs are generally so great but the dialogs of gods have some great elements in them such as Zeus and Ganymedes or Hera to Zeus about Ganymedes!

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Apollo☀️

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by Chaitanya Deshpande

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When Polyphemus said that he was expecting an "bigger" man to fullfill his phrophesy I know he most likely was referred to another monster or absurdaly largue superhuman....but I like to think he saw Odysseus standing next to his men and went full "....really? by the short(ish) one?" because it's funnier to me to imagine this monster taking at shot at the hero for being physically not that impressive for a regular human lmao (heigh wise, obv)

Hahahaha I am sure that many people thought of that especially since Odysseus was described average towards the short side in both Iliad and later sources such as Dares the Phrygian haha so I can imagine many people make that image in their heads that Odysseus was not just compared with the giant or other that Polyphemus could have been waiting for but also with the fact that maybe Odysseus had several comrades in that cave taller than him (I am still not THAT fond of the idea that Odysseus is the shortest character of all by the way but he definitely is on the short side so plenty of others are taller than him at least by a head)

Besides Polyphemus is describing Odysseus with three words: 1. ὀλίγος (= small, "little") 2. οὐτιδανὸς (=no one, unimportant, worthless) 3. ἄκικυς (=powerless, feeble, puny) So we do see Polyphemus go wild on calling Odysseus names which is what provoked him so much in the first place and made him lose it in anger and reveal his name (I play with it for my own one-shot too):

So it could be that Polyphemus just provokes but yeah imagine if he compares him to his other companions too so in a meme Odysseus went basically like:

"DON'T CALL ME SMALL!"! Hahahaha

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Red figure pelike depicting Apollo directing Paris to shoot Achilles, Niobid painter, 475—425 BC.

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The beginning (and the end)

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Apollo, guardian of Troy 🌞

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Ariadne post-Theseus how I love you

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Khaire Apollo Lyceius

[the wolf- slayer; protector of cattles.]

Khaire Lord Apollo- you who's shining and bright. You who's divine sighted- the glorious lord of prophecies. Lively is your blessed sunkissed warmth that shines down on us.

I pray for your blessings for a future so warm and peaceful. And may the trotting of pure innocent souls wake me to your divine light everytime I drift off lazily in the fields of my own farm.

A far away dream it seems, and yet I seek your blessings on the path of my trials for making it true. Khaire Lord Apollo as I forever bask in your warmth.