Hermaphroditos~

God of effeminates, intersexuality, and genderfuckery (official term). Depicted as a winged youth with both male and female features, this is my imagining of him! I really loved working on this piece, and may do more in the future, as I really feel he is underappreciated <3

Aphrodite Apaturus (Deceitful) and Aphrodite Areia (Warlike)

A surname of Aphrodite at Phanagoria and other places in the Taurian Chersonesus, where it originated, according to tradition, in this way: Aphrodite was attacked by giants, and called Heracles to her assistance. He concealed himself with her in a cavern, and as the giants approached her one by one, she surrendered them to Heracles to kill them

Marble statue of Pan, Roman or Hellenistic, 2nd century AD

I'm on vacation with family, and we went to a state park. A few of us went on a hike through the woods, and I trailed a little behind in the back so I could offer my respects and admirations to Gaia and the nymphs inhabiting said forest

I poured a couple libations from my water bottle out for Gaia and the nymphs and said some quiet prayers

{Orphic hymn 84, to Hestia}

Queen Hestia,

daughter of mighty Kronos,

mistress of ever-burning fire,

you dwell in the centre of the house.

May you raise the holy initiates

in these sacred rites,

may you grant them unwithering youth,

wealth as well, prudence and purity.

Home of the blessed gods,

mens mighty buttress,

eternal, many-shaped,

beloved, grass-yellow,

smile, O blessed one,

kindly accept these offerings,

waft upon us prosperity,

Engraved Scaraboid with Aphrodite Riding a Goose, about 400 B.C.E.

Aphrodite riding on a goose. Terracotta from Locri, Calabria, Italy. Made in Boeotia c. 470 – 460 BC. [this actually looks like a swan to me; look at the upper beak?].

Aphrodite on a goose, 2nd-1st Century B.C.E.

Aphrodite riding on a goose, 380 BCE, Taranto.

Relief of Aphrodite on a goose, 50 BCE-100 CE, Italy.

Isis-Hecate, mistress of magic, riding a dog. Terracotta, 1–2 Century AD