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"Hermes is the god of thieves so he's fine with art theft!" No.

"Dionysos wouldn't mind it he's chaotic!" No.

"Hephaistos is a machinery god and AI is machinery so it's okay!" No.

"The gods wouldn't even care they just want offerings!" No.

There is not, and never has been, a reason to offer the gods AI art. It requires absolutely no effort or thought on your part as a worshipper, which defeats the purpose of an offering.

Do not support the use of AI art at ALL, much less as something given to Them.

"But it's all I can give!" Water. The Theoi fully accept a glass of water.

Sing.

Do a craft.

Write a letter.

Draw.

Dedicate a task.

Please do not offer those you worship something so lackluster and thoughtless as a computer generated image that destroys our environment and piggybacks off the works of others.

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Denying any connection between modern LGBT+ people and similar expressions from the past is erasure, actually.

Just because identities are constructed does not mean they do not refer to anything material or objective. And it does not mean there were never any parallel, coordinate, or related constructs to which they can be connected, either.

“That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”

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Romain (Erté) de Tirtoff also made a Hera artwork alongside his Zeus

I love them so much!!

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I liked this head of a Gallo-Roman statue of #Mercury, so I did some slapdash colorize / blur on it, and the effect turned out good enough I just kept going until He had a nose and stuff again...

I'm sure a more experienced painter could do a better job, and this isn't a technical reconstruction of polychromy or anything. I just like to see these cool artifacts we have come back to life in some way.

We so rarely get a stone statue with the face intact.

The subtle smirk or "cunning" look on His face is very on-brand for Mercury, and is what sells the piece for me.

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The Temple of Juno in Agrigento by Caspar David Friedrich (c. 1828-30)

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The Temple of Apollo in Pompeii by Johannes Wilhjelm (1894)

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Chase Iron Eyes & Tokata Iron Eyes in Oyate (2022)

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"Acceptance" shouldn't start with the traumatized, it should start with the offender.

I'm supporting us Queers this Pride Month, Xtianity can fend for itself ✌️🏳️‍🌈

psa hating monotheistic religions as a polytheist isnt cute. ur just as bad as those people you hate in said religion. its not tolerance, its acceptance we need. make it start with you.

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From Villa of Cicero, Pompeii.

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Roman period Head of Apollo

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No need to buy or pirate it — Thomas Taylor's translation is free on Wikisource:

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Sallust_On_the_Gods_and_the_World/Sallust_on_the_Gods_and_the_World

It's kind of mind boggling to me how every time I see book recommendations for Hellenic or Roman polytheist I never see On the gods and the world by Sallust.

It may not teach practical ways of worship but it answers a lot of philosophical questions about the gods that I think we, as pagans, have at some point asked ourselves. Seriously, some of the points made by Reddit ath3ists are answered in this essay, like they're 2000 years behind.

It's very short (like 50 pages long) so if you can buy it, pirate it or get it from your local library I'd highly recommend it. Here's an audiobook in case you prefer that.

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"Aphrodite loves terfs" do you really think a goddess of love formed from a literal penis and the mother of Hermaphroditus, an intersex god who was associated with androgyny and feminine men, fucks around with transphobia?

she is a literal trans icon and to deny that will get you smited by all the gods

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Diana with a hare Walheim, Germany

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The Reims Stela (Autel de Reims) is one of the more impressive and complete survivals of Cernunnos iconography.

Because the weathered stone is so dull, I've always wanted to see it restored to its former polychromy glory — so I experimented with some digital colorization!

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Pagan culture is hiding and then rearranging half your room when your Christian mother comes over to your flat on the off chance she wants to go and "just have a look."

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Pallas Athena and the Herdsman's Dogs by Briton Rivière

Then drew she nigh, in shape a stately dame,

Graced with all noble gifts of womanhood:

None save Odysseus saw her; for to few

Of mortal birth the gods reveal themselves.

But the dogs knew her coming, and with whine

And whimpering crouched aloof.