Sweet Mnemosyne ( Read more... )

I've been reading Jennifer Larson's Greek Nymphs over the past few days (oh, thank you Scribd.com and your free pdf downloads!), and there's so much amazing stuff there. I feel like I've been utterly bombarded with information--in a good way, of course. Here are some interesting quotes (I've saved probably hundreds; I have a seperate word doc, in ( Read more... )

Good things to happen today ( Read more... )

Just jumping on quick. Honest, I'm revising still. Shh ( Read more... )

As much as I hate ice (and snow, this winter), there is something intricate and beautiful about seeing Helios' golden rays bounce off the ice. It shimmers under my feet, throwing light up at my eyes as I walk. The skies are blue, tinted with lilac, and there are no clouds in sight ( Read more... )

A little something I wrote earlier, while huddling away from the cold. :)

A thousand shades of colour live
at the edges of her eyes, or in the
cracks between her shimmering,
ever-so-white, sharp teeth.

She wears skins of gold and walks,
flushed red with heat, over deserts
and oceans alike. Her touch burns:

And no-one can escape it.

A myriad of ( Read more... )

Since I follow a monthly & solar calendar (I have enough fun remembering solar days of the month - lunar calendars just don't work for me), I honour Aphrodite on the fourth of the month. And today, after a shitty day of cold, cold and college, I got given a present, randomly--a lovely little bracelet with four charms/tags: a circle with 'HOPE' ( Read more... )

Her name flows ( Read more... )

In reading Apostolos N. Athanassakis' translations of (and notes on) The Homeric Hymns, I've found an interesting note on the Homeric Hymn 5 to Aphrodite ( Read more... )

From the Thiasos Aphrodite Yahoo e-list.

"Crown of Violets" -- poetry and art collection

I am putting together a book of poetry and art as an offering to Most Beloved, Most Adored Aphrodite. The book will be published through Asteria Books, as was my previous book, Aphrodite's Priestess. Hymns, odes, haiku, sonnets, free verse, blank verse ( Read more... )