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Aoidai 4: Homeric Hymn XXIX, line 1, word 4: ἐν
In the first installment of the Αοιδαί project we began a word-by-word examination of Homeric Hymn XXIX to Hestia. It begins:
ἑστίη, ἣ πάντων ἐν δώμασιν ὑψηλοῖσιν
Today we continue with the fourth word, ἐν. It is both transliterated and pronounced, simply, "en". We'll translate it as "in".
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My little brother is famous
And not just stupid-boring hometown famous, either. He made the xkcd blag. Yeah, other people have done the same thing, but this is immaterial. My brother made the xkcd blag. :-) -
Tritogeneia
In today's Athena libation we read one of Her Homeric Hymns. The hymn includes the epithet Tritogeneia (Τριτογενῆ). After the ritual, one of the ritualgoers asked the meaning of this epithet. I had to admit that I didn't know. So I did some checking up. Apparently there are a lot of theories.
Here's what The Theoi Project has to say about it:
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Aoidai 3: Homeric Hymn XXIX, line 1, word 3: πάντων
In the first installment of the Αοιδαί project we began a word-by-word examination of Homeric Hymn XXIX to Hestia. It begins:
ἑστίη, ἣ πάντων ἐν δώμασιν ὑψηλοῖσιν
Today we continue with the third word, πάντων. It is transliterated "panton" and pronounced "PAN - ton". We'll translate it roughly as "of everyone".
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On litanies of epithets: an appeal to my fellow Hellenic polytheists
One practice common in modern Hellenic polytheist practice is addressing a God with a long litany of epithets. The practice comes straight from classical sources. You can't read a myth about Aphrodite without hearing Her called Laughter-loving, Golden, and half a dozen others. You can't read a story about Hermes without hearing Him called Wily one ( Read more... ) -
Aoidai 2: Homeric Hymn XXIX, line 1, word 2: ἣ
In the first installment of the Αοιδαί project we began a word-by-word examination of Homeric Hymn XXIX to Hestia. It begins:
ἑστίη, ἣ πάντων ἐν δώμασιν ὑψηλοῖσιν
Today we continue with the second word, ἣ. It is transliterated he, and it is pronounced "heh". We'll translate it roughly as "who", as in, "the one who."
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Après Moi
Wow. Is she really doing that? Is this really portraying the struggle to retain order in the face of impending violent social revolution? In a song? Is she really tying in the French and Bolshevik Revolutions by quoting Louis XV (in French) and Boris Pasternak (in Russian)? Is that a carefully-twisted reference to the Beatitudes in there? And is it ( Read more... ) -
Aoidai 1: Homeric Hymn XXIX, line 1, word 1: ἑστίη
I put the idea forth two days ago. Today it begins. I've chosen the name Αοιδαί, transliterated Aoidai, and generally translated "songs". We'll see more of this word later.
I begin the project with Homeric Hymn 29 to Hestia, who is always first and last. The Hymn contains an invocation of Hermes as well, messenger of the Gods, which seems somehow ( Read more... ) -
Possible classical sources project
So I been thinkin' lately. I do that. One of the neat ideas that I thought I might spend some blogtime on is an analysis of classical sources. But not just any ol' analysis. No, I'm far too pedantic for that. I want do do a word-by-word analysis ( Read more... ) -
Selective web resyndication
So for a few days prior to restarting this journal, I was considering what to do with it. How to approach it. Or even if I wanted to use this one or start a new one somewhere else -- somewhere that I can write the code myself ( Read more... )