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In the second-hand bookstore in the village, she finds a treatise on miasmas.

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You are a child of earth and stary heaven

💀🍷 Dionysus and Ariadne

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This might be a bit corny lol. Admittedly, I'm not really satisfied with how this turned out (might tweak things later maybe), but it's been so long since I've drawn anything and I wanted to get something out by Halloween at least, so this will have to do. u_u

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I keep thinking about little Dionysus being raised with satyrs in the woods and having no idea he's any different from them.

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The winners have been announced, but if you want to read all the entries, here's the lot.

Submit your vote!

Submissions are now closed. Thank you to everyone who submitted a piece for this edition of the Rural Dionysia! Are listed below this year's entries. Enjoy the read!

Freestyle Poetry

Nymphs by @junipersplace

Curious Light by @agressivepoet

QUALMS ABOUT UNANSWERING(?) GODS by @hellyeahmfwitchcrafttime

In wine, truth. by @piristephes

2 Makes 1 by @froggyart

Helene / Klytemnestra by @apiswitchcraft

Distance by @khaire-traveler

Modern Hymn

To Apollo of Parnassus by M. Rutilia Laeta @apis-vergilii

Minor Hymn to Love (Eros) by @piristephes

Hymn to Persephone by @apiswitchcraft

Complete the fragment

Selene's wisdom by @piristephes

For We Are Only Mortal - By Aön Re of @hyakinthou-naos

(alcaeus) muses on sappho's triumph by @imperturbitude

To vote:

Voting takes place via poll. You will be asked to vote for 1 entry per category. You have until Dec. 25th to vote and we will be announcing the winners on Dec. 26-27th latest.

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Time to announce the winners!!!

For good Fortune! The 2024 Rural Dionysia is now officially over. The poll is now closed, and it is time to reveal the winners of this year's edition:

For the Freestyle poetry category, the winner is:

Helene / Klytemnestra by @apiswitchcraft

For the Modern Hymn category, the winner is

Minor Hymn to Love (Eros) by @piristephes

and finally, for the “Complete the Fragment” category, the winner is

For We Are Only Mortal - By Aön Re of @hyakinthou-naos

Thank you to everyone who has participated and voted and big congratulations to our three winners for this edition!

For those who celebrate it, receive our best wishes, and that you have a merry Rural Dionysia and happy holiday season regardless of what you celebrate.

Reminder: The City Dionysia has its own blog @dionysia-ta-astika, so any upcoming news will be posted there. Give that blog a follow if you want to be updated. The City Dionysia is expected to be held between early February and early March 2025.

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redraw of this vase

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dionysus and two satyrs

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My 2 faves. 😍🏺🪽

The only stable of the unstable.

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Ending a Theban dynasty is always the answer.

hey um i’ve got some bad news. we mulled your boyfriend. he fell in the wine and we mulled him. yeah with the cinnamon sticks.

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Hermes ⚚

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You can spend years straying from something, denying it, ignoring it. But, generally speaking, if you literally tattoo holy symbols on your body and have had your whole worldview changed by something, it'll eventually come back around.

Be s Tiresius, not a Pentheus.

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😂I just can't either.

you have got to be kidding me

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Dionysos Anthroporraistos (man-slayer).

This was just an excuse to draw creepy Dionysos, really. Pleeease click it for a better quality 🙏

This took me 12 hours you guys

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💛A Hymn to Apollo💛

Unknown author

The Greek Anthology (ca. 100 BCE), translation by W. R. Paton

A Hymn to Apollo

Let us hymn Paean the great god, Apollo;

Immortal, gloriously formed, unshorn, soft-haired,

Stern-hearted, king, delighting in arrows, giver of life,

Joyous, laughing, slayer of giants, sweet-hearted,

Son of Zeus, slayer of the dragon, lover of the laurel,

Sweet of speech, of ample might, far-shooter, giver of hope,

Creator of animals, divine, Jove-minded, giver of zeal,

Mild, sweet-spoken, sweet-hearted, gentle-handed,

Slayer of beasts, blooming, charmer of the spirit, soft speaking,

Shooter of arrows, desirable, healer, charioteer,

Weaver of the world, Clarian, strong-hearted, father of fruits,

Son of Leto, pleasant, delighting in the lyre, resplendent,

Lord of the mysteries, prophet, magnanimous, thousand-shaped,

Lover of the bow-string, wise, stiller of grief, sober,

Lover of community, common to all, taking thought for all, benefactor of all,

Blessed, making blessed, Olympian, dweller on the hills,

Gentle, all-seeing, sorrowless, giver of wealth,

Saviour from trouble, rose-coloured, man-breaker, path-opener,

Glittering, wise, father of light, saviour,

Delighting in the dance, Titan, initiator, revered,

Chanter of hymns, highest, stately, of the height,

Phoebus, purifier, lover of garlands, cheerer of the spirit,

Utterer of oracles, golden, golden-complexioned, golden-arrowed,

Lover of the lyre, harper, hater of lies, giver of the soul,

Swift-footed, swift-voiced, swift of vision, giver of seasons.

Let us hymn Paean the great god, Apollo.

Clarian - an epithet of Apollo related to his worship in Claros; he had a large temple complex there

"Titan" - perhaps the author used this to somewhat enhance or better show Apollo's might

"Giver of the soul" [ψυχοδοτήρ] - an epithet of Apollo related to his chthonic aspects; to learn more about this see: [coming soon]

"Lord of mysteries" - we could compare this epithet to another similar one [Loxias] derived by some from his intricate and ambiguous oracles.

Paean - a song or lyric poem expressing triumph or thanksgiving. In classical antiquity, it is usually performed by a chorus; from Greek paian [παιάν].

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art honoring Artemis

a companion set for this piece, as i finish my art history degree here are my favorite pieces honoring Artemis.

Disclaimer: Most artists throughout the neoclassical period (in particular, but not limited to) used Artemis/Diana interchangeably for a myriad of cultural and religious reasons which I can explore in another post. I do understand that Artemis and Diana are syncretized deities with very different aspects in Greek and Roman society respectively. Additionally, many of these works have been purchased by private collectors and are only visible due to their entry into the public domain.

In order: 1) Diana the Huntress by Arturo Michelena, 1896, Residencia Presidencial La Casona, Caracas. 2) Diana the Huntress by Guillaume Seignac, portrait 1 of 2, time specific unknown, c. possibly 1890, unknown private collection. 3) Portrait of Diana the Huntress by Guillaume Seignac, portrait 2 of 2, time specific unknown, c. possibly 1890, unknown private collection. 4) Artemis and Orion from the Emilian School, c. 1625-1650, Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest. 5) Diana and Callisto by Francois Lemoyne, 1723, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). 6) Diana and Callisto by Titian, 1556-59, National Gallery London. 7) Artemis, unknown, Roman copy of a 4th century BCE statue from Mytilene, Lesbos, on display in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum. 8) Artemis, unknown, c. 2nd century AD, on display in the New Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.

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art honoring Hermes

here's the third set in the series i'm doing on art honoring the gods as i finish my art history degree; Apollon and Artemis can be found under these links. here are my favorite pieces honoring Hermes :>

Disclaimer: Most artists throughout the neoclassical period (in particular, but not limited to) used Hermes/Mercury interchangeably for a myriad of cultural and religious reasons. I do understand that Hermes and Mercury are syncretized deities with very different aspects in Greek and Roman society respectively.

In order: 1) Souls on the Banks of the Acheron by Adolph Hiremy-Hirschl, 1898, Belvedere Palace, Vienna. 2) Detail from Palazzo Clerici Ceiling Fresco by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1740, Milan. 3) Hermes (Engraving) by William Blake Richmond, 1866, University of Toronto Library. 4) Mercury Attaching his Wings by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, c. 1744, on display in the Louvre, Paris. 5) Hermes by Jules Alexis Coulan, 1914, Grand Central Station. 6) Elevation of the Great Elector to Olympus by Charles-Amedee-Philippe van Loo, 1751, City Palace, Potsdam, Germany. 7) Detail from Mercury Exhorting Aeneas to Leave Carthage by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1757, Palazzina di Caccia, Stupinigi. 8) Mercury and Psyche by Reinhold, 1857, Staatliche Museum, Berlin.

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Dionysus. God of wine, theater, feast, pleasure, madness, chaos, fertility, self indulgence, fruit and vegetation. Patron of the arts. 🎭🍷🍇🐆

Also featuring His wife, Ariadne. She was a Cretan princess who Dionysus married and took to Olympus with Him after her lover abandoned her on a beach. She is sometimes referred to as the Goddess of Mazes and Labyrinths because of her involvement in the myths about the minotaur. Based off of The Magician Card (although I cannot, for the life of me, explain to you how) Part two out of six for a school project. Aphrodite is up next.

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