#deipneus

Deipneus is a Demigod of meal preparation and breadmaking. Excluding the universal offerings, some common offerings include:

Bread

Meals

Prepped Meals

Recipe Books

Recipe Cards

Cookbooks

Leftovers

Yeast

For devotional acts, some activities that can be done for him include:

Meal-Planning

Making Bread

Prepping Meals

Grocery Shopping

Making Grocery Lists

Writing/Recording Recipes

Trying New Recipes

Deipneus: Daemon of Good Meals.

In Akhaia, Deipneus gave his name to dinner. He's an obscure Spirit who rules over meals. He is known only from Athenaeus' Deipnosophistae, translating varyingly as  The Dinner Experts, or the Learned Banqueters, or The Banquet of the Learned, or even The Gastronomers;  the play relates a series of dinnertime conversations between a series of wealthy men. Food and the sexual interaction between men both play a central place in the story.

That said, our dear Deipneus gets a sparse mention merely that He is worshipped in Akhaia. So little is known of Him that scholars vary in calling Him a God, a Daemon, or a Hero. We just don't know.

Even so, I think it's always a good idea to give honor to the spirit who helps with Good Meals. As someone who just got all new kitchen appliances, and who is going out with a friend for dinner tonight, I certainly hope Deipneus spends plenty of time around me and mine. I'm sure our ancient forebears felt the same way.

Sources:

theoi.com Athenaeus of Naucratuis. The Deipnosophists, Or, Banquet of the Learned of Athenaeus, Vol. 1. trans. C.D. Yonge, Henry G. Bohn, 1854 St. John, James Augustus. The History of the Manners and Customs of Ancient Greece, Bentley, 1842.

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