#greek culture

[solcattus]

The three Graces, c. 1911

By Cesare Agostino Detti

[gemsofgreece]

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

[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.

[animentality]

[alatismeni-theitsa]

"Why does Greek music sound Middle Eastern??"

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

[iheartpestosauce]

[greektradition]

Greek traditional costume from Salamina 🇬🇷

[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.

[gemsofgreece]

Newly exhibited photos from the project Ένδυμα Ψυχής - Raiment of the Soul,  collaboration of photographer Vangelis Kyris and Bulgarian embroidery artist Anatoli Georgiev who present Greek traditional costumes, which are exhibits of the National Historical Museum of Greece. The exhibition is currently hosted in the Acropolis Museum, until March.

Attire of King Otto of Greece, 19th century.

Dress from Nisyros island, 19th century.

Dress from Zakynthos (Zante) island, 18th century.

Attire of Dimitris Mavromichalis, aide-de-camp of King Otto.

Attire of Stavros Tournikiotis, 19th century.

Urban dress of Old Athens, 18th century.

Dress from Zagori, 19th century.

Urban attire, 19th century.

See more photos of the project  x, x, x and x. 

[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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[ross-nekochan]

One hour away from Naples, there's a little Athens.

Paestum (SA), Italy~

[moncher-pierrot]

My version of Pan.

[angel-maybe-alive]

Let's play a game

You a good fan and appreciator of Greek culture and mythology is going on a long trip, it will be hours inside a bus, because of something you have to change sits and sat next to a person, you two start talking and you eventually mentions your love for Greek mythology, the person smiles excitedly saying:

"You like Greek mythology, I love Greek mythology I'm a huge fan of..."

(Xena the warrior princess wasn't added because anyone still fan of it in 2023 is a cool lesbian, Disney's Hercules wasn't added because they are self aware enough and the Hades games wasn't added for reasons of I never played so I don't know how accurate it is)