#Greek Culture

[gemsofgreece]

Don’t mind me losing my mind over the Japanese princess Kako who visited Greece in light of the 2024 Greece - Japan Year of Culture and Tourism and the 125th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

What a gentle, sophisticated, graceful, nice lady she is 😍 how well she honours her culture and people, how humble she is with everyone. I love Japanese and Asian cultures in general. Seeing our president and the pm next to her was 🫤… underwhelming.

Anyway here are a couple videos by a Japanese channel with footage of her visit to some places and monuments.

[solcattus]

The three Graces, c. 1911

By Cesare Agostino Detti

[huntressofladyartemis]

So this is from april, but i need to say it...

For the Olympian Games, we saw a emotional and very cute representation of the Ancient Gods Cult... Women dressed as priestess honoured Zeus for the Olympiads, was beautiful 🤗

.... But we have, of course, these comments:

Zeus was also a god of justice and order if you don't know…

Do you really think that Ancient Greece treated Zeus or another deity like Modern Media and Retellings treats them? Pick a book of History and Religion of Greece, please…

"But Zeus did this in the myth…" Gods are not characters that the Greeks worshiped from their myths… The myths are stories that Greeks wrote for the Gods them worshiped! Was a religion first, read the hymns and you will understand how Greeks respected and still respect their gods!

Also is still today a religion… A polytheist religion like Hinduism. Is not "gone"!

Hellenism is still practised in some regions, inside and outside Greece… So please be respectful 🙏💙

[rolloroberson]

Marble statue of a naked Aphrodite crouching at her bath, also known as Lely’s Venus. Roman copy of a Greek original (AD2).

[wordsmithic]

Sarakatsana of Thrace, Hellas

[highropoios]

How do I explain that while—yes—Greeks do exist, the vast majority (and of course I’m including the diaspora) either (a) don’t care about, or (b) even know modern Hellenic polytheism is practiced today.

I agree with the base sentiment that “when engaging with Greek culture (ancient or modern), it is good to be aware of + respectful towards Greek people.” That’s awesome! 👍🏻 It's so awesome that I encourage applying this same sentiment to all other cultures you’re able / invited to engage with! :)

That same base sentiment can be and has been twisted into a pretzel and salted with straight-up ethnonationalism, though.

Be aware of + respectful towards Greeks when engaging with Greek culture. But also be aware of the fact that there are ethnonationalists running in Hellenic polytheist spaces.

They will twist seemingly innocuous ideas in order to declare indigeneity and primacy over Greek culture. They will deny Greeks their ethnicity because—according to them—“true Greeks can’t be Christian/Muslim/Jewish/mixed/etc.” And they will deny non-Greeks the opportunity to engage with the culture, especially if it’s in a way that even slightly diverges from their very sad idea of ““““true”””” Hellenism.

Being aware and informed goes hand-in-hand with being respectful.

[iheartpestosauce]

[animentality]

[gemsofgreece]

Temple of Poseidon, Cape Sounion.  Photo: catrin_pl (IG)

[alatismeni-theitsa]

"Why does Greek music sound Middle Eastern??"

ah, the classic annoying question that Farya Faraji came to save us from!

[greektradition]

Greek traditional costumes from Crete and Epirus 🇬🇷

[moncher-pierrot]

I wanted to share something with you all. I bought a Hermes statuette which I thought was really beautiful. It helps me remember my goals and keeps me inspired. I waited anxiously for his arrival. But when I opened the box, the wings on his hat arrived broken. I thought: "Wow, such irony. Hermes, the god of luck, has already arrived with problems. Am I really that unlucky?" Although I managed to fix it perfectly, I informed the store about the condition it arrived here. Even though I didn't expect any solution, I told them. They sent another Hermes, with more protection and this time without damage. I reflected: "In a way, it really sounds like Hermes, just like his myth: it started with a little chaos, but in the end, I was blessed." Bc: I invested money in it, but with this "bad luck" I could sell the other Hermes and so get my money back. It was as if I had received the statue as a gift. And thanks to Hermes himself. Haha.

[bluehome91]

Somewhere on a Greek island

[wordsmithic]

Traditional Hellenic clothing from different regions

Ήπειρος - Λιτζουριά (κεφαλόδεσμος)

Θράκη - Μεταξάδες νύφη (κεφαλόδεσμος)

Ημαθίας Αλεξάνδρειας Γιδάς (Ρουμλουκίου) (κεφαλόδεσμος)

Αιδηψός νύφη

Σκύρος

Καραγκούνα Aνατολικής Θεσσαλίας (Στεφανοβίκι)

Ορεινή Σερρών νύφη (κεφαλόδεσμος)

Θράκη - Μακρά Γέφυρα

Δωδεκάνησα - Καστελόριζο

Ημαθίας Αλεξάνδρειας Γιδάς (Ρουμλουκίου)

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[sedlex]

[periclessentials]

The Byzantine (Eastern Roman) influences on the designs of the 2006 Japanese anime "Tales from Earthsea" (ゲド戦記) by Gorō Miyazaki.