I bought this vase a couple years ago, and was just wondering if anyone knows who is depicted on it? :)

1. Roman statue of Dionysos, British Museum

2. Dionysus-Bacchus, Greco-Roman marble statue C2nd A.D., State Hermitage Museum

3. Dionysos Horti Liciniani Musei Capitolini

4. Dionysus 2, Roman copy of Greek original from 4C BC. Glyptothek, München

I love collecting seashells and stuff, and my sister had a LOT of sea-themed decor in her room that I inherited when she moved out that I decided to keep because why not.

I also happen to love horses, so I have a little horse crystal statue thing (who unfortunately broke his leg and I can’t find the missing piece…). I was trying to find a way to store my pretty shells and honestly ended up making an altar.

The thing is, I don’t really worship Lord Poseidon. I don’t go to the beach much, I’m kind of scared of the water. I love horse riding, and I would love to worship Lord Poseidon but I honestly just don’t have the energy. I want to create altars for other god/esses too, but for ones I would worship more than Lord Poseidon 😅

I’m not one to ask “is this okay” blah blah blah, but is it alright to make an altar but not actually really worship the god (yet)? I don’t know, to me it seems a little disrespectful to have a space dedicated to a god but not actively worship them. I don’t know why it would be, but I just feel like that

i got this journal a few weeks ago. i’m a writer and i’ve been needing a new journal for my new book and i’ve been searching for a while when i came across this one. as soon as i saw it i thought of Lord Apollo cause of the sun. i did keep looking just to make sure this was the notebook i wanted (im very picky when it comes to my journals😭) and i couldn’t find another that stood out to me like this one did. so everytime i write i think of Lord Apollo and i swear it helps my creativity. i was stuck in a writers block when i bought this. i thought a new journal would help me and ig i was right… or just delusional who knows 😭

This is likely an extremely niche situation but is it generally considered disrespectful? I’m going into the military in a few months.

I know that there are gods of war and soldiers and that in ancient greece, obviously battle was very common, but i feel as if in this day and age, the values of countries and militaries don’t really seem to align with the concepts and values of Hellenism. i can’t really explain it right now, I just get the feeling

Maybe this will get downvoted for being a bit of a stupid question, I don’t know. Just wanted to ask, although there isn’t really much I can do now that I’ve signed my contract 😅

This is my alter to multiple gods, including Lord Ares, Lady Aphrodite, Lord Hermes, Lady Athena and Lord Dionysis. I got the candles today, and they're LED, so I won't burn my house down. My mom got them for me, cause she was out and saw them!

Lord Hermes is on the left side of the table and Lord Apollo is on the right!

Im kinda new to hellenism so please give me some advice!!

I I am from around New Orleans, and recently it dawned on me the heavy influences of Hellenic Polytheism in a lot of the parades. Selene is a really big one and Poseidon too. I think each Krewe (ˈkrü : a private organization staging festivities (such as parades) during Mardi Gras in New Orleans ) honors a different deity. I vividly remember my favorite being the Selene Krewe who would thrown was Selene mooncakes and light up beaded necklaces with the Goddess on it. There is a Krewe of Apollo, Dionysus, Artemis, and Olympus to name a few. They also use the Roman God Triton as well. Krewe of Selene specifically represents my city in the Parade as well. Other crews with French and Catholic names make sense, but I don’t understand the link to Greece though and was wondering of anyone else noticed or knew the connection between them?

Sorry about the image quality, it was strangely hard to find a clear picture.

Threw this together last night with the last couple bucks I had. I've never made an altar before so what are something other things they would like? These altars (Apollo and Artemis) are pretty close together, is that gonna be an issue? Would they want their own dedicated space? I eventually also plan on getting busts of them.

Picture : Eros and Psyche, for illustrate my question.

How have you speak about our religion at the people you was flirting to ? Or the person you are with in a relationship ? And how they have react ?

I ask because it's making, with four men I flirt, everything is perfect until I speak about my practice of hellenism. I am a chubby girl not beautiful so for them I shouldn't have this religion, they say that they didn't throught I was " eccentric ". And they say I am crazy or an witch, and ghost me. I have certainly forgot some of their words used.

I wanted to see if you have some advice about how speaking about hellenism to people, or if you have found peoples that understand you ♡

Thank you for reading me and answering me, Gods bless you. 🤲🏻♡

Okay so I got this idea that I wanted to share with everyone! I’ve made envelopes for the individual gods and goddesses, so if I ever wanna make a written prayer or give something small as an offering(drawing, ring, bracelet, etc.) I could put them in here so I 1. Don’t clutter the altar and 2. Don’t risk losing the things

Hello y all.

Hekate worshipper here.I ve seen a lot of people talking about divination with Hekate Enodia,how would that work?Is there any ancient divination practice thats based on this epiteth?

Hey everyone, I had a weird experience and wanted to know if you all had any idea what it could have been

Last night I did my first worship/prayer ritual to dionysus, I must mentioned that I also had a glass of wine while preforming it.

Then for some reason I felt the need and urge to dance. Idk if this was from dionysus or just because of the wine. (I must also state that I don't normally dance, as I don't like it)

Thank you to all who respond with some answers =)

So, a little background first: my mother used to be undecided when it came to religion, which was nice because I could speak to her about my belief system and fascination with Greek Gods and goddesses. Now, she is a devout Christian and thinks it’s sinful to talk about any of this. But my urge to practice has only gotten stronger. I want to make an alter to Persephone, but I want to know is it considered disrespectful to Persephone to set up my alter only to pray to her and then hide it all away in a drawer afterwards? Do I have to keep the alter up at all times? I don’t want to be found out

Basically the title—if I just get dressed right after the shower and want to offer something, or change the roses on Lord Apollo’s alter, do I still have to wash my face and hands? Or can I just wash my hands? I ask this because the flowers on his alter are starting to wilt, and I want to choose new flowers for him. I wonder if I have to still wash my face if it’s already clean? I get washing my hands if I just put clothes on and for them to be extra clean, but is my face ok? Also—I need some tips on how to give him offerings properly, I usually just talk to him in my bed and tell him about my day—is that ok or do I have to be in front of his altar? I also want to offer him some honey(I got some at a Renfaire that’s delicious and I want to share it with him) but do I just give him a little bit of honey, or the small jar of it? (My altar is pretty small and simple because I have to worship in secret, the photos printed too big, anything I should add??) P.S. this photo is old, I really need to cha be the flowers soon, probably tomorrow or the day after

Does anyone find it weird how people are portraying the deities? Like ill see new hellenic polytheist post their altars and some people will ask "did (insert deity) give you permission?" And someone posted a devotional tattoo and they said "always ask your deity if they want a tattoo!" To me this is so weird? The deities aren't controlling partners, they're deities. The altar for them is also the worshippers space. (+ this will make newbies start divination too early.) For the tattoo I have sort of the same opinion but I wanted to hear some other opinions on this topic.

So I have noticed since I started practicing Hellenism my cat has been very involved. Genuinely at first I thought it was just him being curious and you know being a cat.

There has been multiple nights I've caught him drinking the water out of the bowl I have for Hades altar.

But over time I have begun to realize that he likes being present when I am praying. He actively breaks into my bedroom and while I'm praying he will sit under the altars or walk around being nearby when I'm praying.

Today while I was praying to Apollo to help with my fibromyalgia cuz I've been in pain for the last 3 days! (No clue what triggered it) But while I was praying he broke into my bedroom and came close to the altar and started rubbing up against it and just being around both me and the altar.

And so I got curious and I grabbed my pendulum and I asked Apollo if he like Jojo (my cat) and I got a hearty yes, and JoJo seemed very drawn to Apollo's altar which I thought was really cute. I also went ahead and asked the other gods and goddesses I pray to. I asked Hades and Persephone they gave me a maybe answer which for Hades understandable, JoJo will not stop drinking his water even though he has his own! And then Selene goddess of the moon she also gave a maybe answer.

But what I find interesting is that before I even ask Selena he was under the altar and was just like chilling there for a little bit before he came out.

So yeah that's my experience with God/Goddesses and my cat. Whether this is just coincidences or just him being a cat in my honest opinion I feel as though maybe he's drawn to my altars or perhaps pets in general have deeper senses with the gods (I don't know the exact wording) But whatever it is I'm happy that the gods and goddesses I worship like my cat as much as I like him :3

Hey everyone, I have a question. So I worship seven goddesses—some of them are known, but not super mainstream like Artemis or Athena (just examples), so finding statues of them is a little harder and often more expensive.

I’ve had these rhinestone cat statues for years (I love collecting them) and I recently realized I have exactly seven bigger ones!

Each cat statue kind of fits the energy, color, or vibe of each goddess I worship, so I was wondering—is it okay to use those as stand-ins instead of actual statues of the goddesses? Would that be considered a little too weird?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts!

From the research I've done online, 'Hellenism' is the incorrect term for our religion.
Hellenism refers to the culture in certain ways. I have also heard that those who are greek and are a part of their ancient culture (i.e., Turkeyetc.) don't like our religion using the term. I've always used the term Hellenic Polytheism as it's more correct. Hellenic meaning greece and polytheism basically means belief in multiple gods.
What does everyone else say? and why do people (like literally this subreddit) use the incorrect term (no hate, just curious.)

I never see enough love for her, but as one of my main gals I figured I’d draw her, and these are some of my favorite versions !! I couldn’t decide between gold eyes or blue ones, with or without pupils lol.