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Ancient Greek Religion & Hellenic Polytheism: A Reading Guide

I’ve been wanting to make something like this for a long while, and talking to my friend @olympianbutch today gave me the push I needed to do so. When I was starting out as a Hellenic Polytheist years ago, this is the kind of resource I needed. So I hope you all enjoy and find this helpful!

Introductory Reading:

Ancient Greek Religion by Jon D. Mikalson

Athenian Popular Religion by Jon D. Mikalson

Greek Religion by Jan N. Bremmer

On Greek Religion by Robert Parker

Hellenic Polytheism: Household Worship by LABRYS

Comprehensive Guides:

Greek Religion by Walter Burkert

Companion to Greek Religion edited by Daniel Ogden

Understanding Greek Religion by Jennifer Larson

Rethinking Greek Religion by Julia Klindt

The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion edited by Esther Eidinow and Julia Klindt

Polytheism and Society by Robert Parker

The Gods and Theology:

Ancient Greek Cults by Jennifer Larson

Theologies of Ancient Greek Religion edited by Esther Eidinow, Julia Klindt, and Robin Osborne

Underworld Gods in Ancient Greek Religion by Ellie Mackin Roberts

Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World (Routledge Series)

Offerings and Sacrifice:

Personal Experience and Materiality in Greek Religion by K.A. Rask

Singing for the Gods by Barbara Kowalzig

Smoke Signals for the Gods by F.S. Maiden

Sharing with the Gods by Theodora Suk Fong Jim

Primary Sources:

Theogony & Works and Days by Hesiod

The Homeric Hymns

The Orphic Hymns

Sources for the Study of Greek Religion by David Rice and John Stambaugh

Greek Religion: A Sourcebook by Valerie M. Warrior

Ancient Greek Religion: A Sourcebook by Emily Kearns

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a set member on blumhouse's 'five nights at freddy's' movie posted this on facebook

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Matthew Lillard as William Afton in Five Nights at Freddy’s (2023)

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new fnaf fans immediately jumping on mike's cringefail sadboy persona just WAIT until they find out about his gameverse daddy issues and childhood trauma. he's gonna replace will as the new tumblr sexyman and i dont think we're ready for that

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I BET that on this universe Mike and his siblings are going to be Henry's kids, and that Garret will take Charlie's place as the puppet (given Golden Freddy already has a soul inside), on tHIS ESSAY I WILL-

EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP

IS. IS THIS THE SAME PERSON

IS MOVIE!MIKE ACTUALLY HENRY'S FUCKING KID

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After 8 years of waiting.... Har har har

(Hope everyone gets to watch the movie💕❤️💕 :D)

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will never get over the way william knew he was dying and so used his last breath to be as arrogant as possible one final time then proceeded to fursuit up so he could be even more annoying in the future. would expect nothing else

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Guys the FNAF movie was so good

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Five nights.. Freddy 😔

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"Why are you so excited? It's just a videogame"

I'M ACTUALLY GONNA WATCH THE MOVIE GUUYS I'M GONNA PASS OUT WAHDHS 🎉🎉🎉

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So I just watched the fnaf movie

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Something something time is a flat circle

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I'm so glad the fnaf movie just kept Balloon Boy as this creepy mf. No explanation. Why is he here. Who is he. Who cares? All the jumpscares with him were great

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Fnaf movie no context:

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*Fnaf spoilers*

Me after seeing Matt Patt, Cory, AND the living tombstone song in the fnaf movie:

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one thing i was NOT expecting in the year of our lord 2023w as Sparky the Dog canonization. like i could guess most of the other sorts of winks and nods that they'd have thrown in but MAN. that is a DEEP CUT reference i could not have anticipated