_ _. Lady Opora
in Greek, metoporôn is the word dedicated to this after-season with mét-méta meaning “after” and oporon “after the season”, it is indeed the “season after the season”, the season of figs and grapes, the link between the apple and pear orchards and the wind that becomes more bitter, colder, more hostile
Overview
Opora is described by Aristophanes, in his play, The Peace, as a venerable goddess who gives grapes.
Personification / goddess of
ripened fruit of late summer, the harvest, autumn, and late summer
Art
In Athens, the Seasons were personified. They liked to imagine them as young girls or mature women, dressed in long frothy dresses, airy, embroidered with flowers, holding, according to the represented season, bouquets, crowns of flowers or plants, fruits, vine branches. Each one was wearing the emblem of the time of year it symbolized: flowers in spring, ears of wheat and a sickle in summer, a vase and grapes in autumn, seeds and reeds in winter.
Worship
You can worship Opora with Dionysus, offer her autumnal gifts, roses, grapes, and wine (18+)
Offerings
Grapes, roses, grapes, and wine (18+)
Devotional acts
Harvesting, gardening, going outside, and honoring her
Symbolisms
Grapes, figs, roses, and wine
Notes
She is often in the company of Dionysus, the god of wine and banquets
Sources
beautytherapy.absolution-cosmetics.com/en/wellness/meeting-divinites-themis/ , theoi.com, and singingforher.wordpress.com/category/obscure-gods/
