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🐚 Lesser known epithets of Poseidon:

Κυανοχαίτης - Kyanochaítēs - dark-haired Poseidon, specifically of dark blue; potentially referring to the dark-blue of the seas

Ἐννοσίδας - Ennosidas - Poseidon the Earth-shaker as He was referred to by Pindar and Stesichorus, likely in relation to tremendous power of waves and earthquakes

Ἀσφάλειος - Asphaleios - the title of the God as He was known by in Tainaron where He had a temple and was worshiped as a protective Deity; literally unshaken

Γαιήοχος - Gaiḗochos - Poseidon the Earth-Holder, as He is the God who encompasses the Earth; possibly a title of Him as a protective Deity

Ελικώνιος - Helikonios - the title of the God as He was known in the Helike of Achaea where the cult roots from starting in the Mycenaean times; associated with the primeval aspect of the Deity as Master of high seas and earthquakes, this cult quickly spread to Asia Minor and the Black Sea

Αἰγαῖος - Aegaios - the title which the God was sometimes referred to as by different Ancient authors such as Plutarch; possibly connected to the word αἶγες - waves

Ἐρεχθεύς - Erechtheus - the name of an Ancient king of Athens and the title of the God Poseidon in reference to the Erechtheion (Ἐρέχθειον) - the temple of Athena Polias with a sacred salty well supposedly opened by Poseidon in His contest for the rule over Athens

Ἐπόπτη - Epoptis - the title under which Poseidon is sometimes referred to as supervisor (lit. Overseer) of livestock and agricultural production, as, for example, in Pylos, the Mycenaean state

Φύκιος - Phykios - the title given to Poseidon of Seaweed; the Greek word for seaweed is φύκι

Sources:

🌊 Two Divine Epithets in Stesichorus: Poseidon ἹΠΠΟΚΕΛΕΥΘΟΣ and Aphrodite ἨΠΙΟΔΩΡΟΣ 🌊 The Cult of Poseidon Helikonios: From Helike of Achaea to Asia Minor and the Black Sea 🌊 The Sacred Salt Spring of Erechtheion, or how the Aegean Sea got to flow high on the top of Athens’ Acropolis 🌊 ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΗΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΛΑΤΡΕΙΑΣ ΤΟΥ ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΤΡΟΙΖΗΝΙΑ

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Illustration portrait commission of Zeus Aithiops and Hera for @olympianbutch. ✨

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mammatus and cumulonimbus they are best friends

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bought a new sketchbook! I had to open it with a portrait of Zeus Aithiops :] (w.i.p.)

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Zeus Aithiops 🫓🫒🪺

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Aphrodite and Ares 🦢🥀

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a page of sky guys

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ABOUT ME

💀 I go by Meleagros. My pronouns are he & him.

💀 I’m majoring in mortuary science.

💀 I’m a Hellenic polytheist. More specifically, my worship is a speculative reconstruction of ancient Greek religion.

💀 I’m not an academically trained classicist in the traditional sense! I’m just autistic and don’t know how to stop buying books!

💀 I’ve studied under Dr. Ellie Mackin Roberts (through H. M. Classics Academy) and Dr. Gregory Nagy (through HarvardX).

💀 I have a shop where I sell divinatory services!

💀 I’ve signed the Xenia Declaration (and you should too)!

💀 I’m a Haides devotee.

💀 Necessary Clarifications (WARNING ― Mentions of Abduction & Assault): I don’t personally believe that Haides and Plouton are one and the same. As such, I don’t worship Haides as a god of wealth but as the king of the dead. This iteration of him does not partake in the cycle of reciprocity; and can be described as stern, unsympathetic and cruel. With this in mind, it should come as no surprise that I believe Haides kidnapped and assaulted Persephone, as is seen in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter. If this makes you uncomfortable, I understand, and you are not obligated to follow me.

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By April Farnum

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Persephone again ! 

Maybe a more Goddess of Spring attitude 

Based on this post from the same instagram account 

classical painting vibes with some Kore symbols : pomegranate, narcissus, ivy leaves 

drawn this on this mood