#peitho deity

( based on Frank Dicksee's painting of Romeo & Juliet )

Made a painting for Lord Hermes & his wife Lady Peitho ( the goddess of Persuasion & Seduction , daughter of Ate ) , I've been thinking about them quite a bit lately and I wanted to give them something in return of sorts .

( Also sidenote I know the greenery looks really bad and the clothing folds are most likely very inaccurate but I tried and I hope that they like it :'] I did a good job with the wing I think )

( me & the five other people who know Lady Peitho are cheering rn /j/lh )

Give holy reverence to Peitho (Persuasion), the sweetness and charm of my tongue, then you might remain.

A guide to travel altars for Peitho. Please tell me if you want a certain deity covered!

In this guide, I’m assuming you’ve added a tea-light or LED candle. It isn’t necessary, but it’s not going to be included in any of these guides. I’m also going to be assuming you’ve added a photo of the deity and prayers. These guides will not include those, either.

Lipgloss

Small Makeup Products

Written Speeches

Essays

Perfume

Doll Heel

Doll Ties

Silk

Fabric Swatches

Breath Mints

Jewelry

Jewels

Gold

Hair Pins

Barrettes

THANK YOU SO MUCH! Yes I would love to see more of the epithets and upg! should I DM you?

I'm sorry this is late on my part, but I finally have the time and energy to do this. Unfortunately, I don't know Ancient Greek or Greek (for that matter) so the epithets will be in English for the most part. All of these I have either found on her page @Theoi.com or other sources I'll link below. Also, you're more than free to dm me any time you like for more informal talk about anything related to her or other deities in general worship.

Historical epithets/titles: Wise Sovereign Tenedos - for the island in Turkey Aganoblepharos - Soft-lidded or Tender-eyed Winning Charmer She to whom nothing is denied Lady of the bride-chamber Friend of marriage Nurse of the baby Erotes Allfriendly Handmaid of marriage The wise one that holds the secret key to holy love

UPG epithets of mine: Ever playful She who teases endlessly Enticing one Queen of languages The ultimate negotiator Great mediator Creator of democratic spirit and cooperation Defuser of strife She who speaks all silver Silver-tongued Sweet-voiced Honey-toned She with the knowing gaze (or smile) Bender of language, words, communication, actions, and thoughts (and individually or all together apply interchangeably) Companion of Bia (of Tykhe or Ananke as popular divine pairs)

Worshipping Virtues: Personification and the divine in Ancient Greece by Emma Stafford chapter four around pages 100-118 in the book.

condor.depaul.edu/dsimpson/pers/peitho.html

mirrorpalace.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/an-exploration-of-peitho/

mythologysource.com/who-was-peitho/ (more for fun and a think piece for perspective when it comes to the goddess and her roles/position)

davidallsopclassics.wordpress.com/chapter-three-aphrodite-and-peitho/

oxfordre.com/classics/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.001.0001/acrefore-9780199381135-e-4820;jsessionid=0100B5C52C3CF4A480ED1E22A13F02F6

Polis and Personification in Classical Athenian Art by Amy C. Smith

ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=10343&context=etd

www.researchgate.net/publication/279658956_Servants_of_Peitho_Pindar_fr122

bingweb.binghamton.edu/~ascholtz/clas381a/peitho-readings.htm

Honeyed, wine sweet words flow intoxicatingly from her cherried lips. Ever the charmer, she works her way through the room and steals the hearts of all those who meet her. Some for but a single night… A lover’s tender whisper inciting murder, she persuades like no one else. Trouble nips at her heels, but never catches her off her feet. Instead she talks and seduces her way out of it like always. Beautiful, mischievous Peitho… Never change.

A drawing of Lady Peitho & Lord Hermes, based on Franseco Hayez's " The Kiss " . I've been meaning to draw them for a while, really hope I could do them justice.

For those who maybe don't know, Lady Peitho , the goddess of Charming Speech, Persuasion & Seduction is sometimes considered the wife of Lord Hermes, an interpretation I'm really fond of . After all , Persuasion & Eloquence go hand in hand, right ? :3

I unfortunately had to sacrifice quite a bit of detail in this drawing, for example Lady Peitho's jewelry would usually be a lot more ornate and Lord Hermes would have constellations like Lepus on his cloak and there'd be more patterns on his hat , but I had already spent so much time on this & almost gave up on it twice so I really wanted to finish it , still very sorry about that though :') I'm not too happy with it but people were being really nice and supportive , so here you go <3

( funfact the dove ornament that's holding up the light blue drapery around Lady Peitho's waist is almost an exact recreation of a dove found on pottery art depicting her . And I gave Lord Hermes these little bandages around his fingers since I think a crafty god like him that's so involved in inventions and innovation pricks his hands a lot haha )

The dark blue cloak Lord Hermes is wearing is 1) inspired by night skies and his ties to astronomy 2) supposed to be a nod towards his mother Maia , who's one of the Pleiades , goddesses associated with the stars and rain & 3) heavily influenced by a painting by Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl called " Souls on the Banks of the Archeron " , which shows him wearing a very similar cloak . His wings are supposed to be those of a Peregrine Falcon, the fastest animal on earth.

For Lady Peitho I went with mostly cool tones & silver accents . Nonnus described her as being clad in silver, so I wanted to include it somehow, especially since it's one of the very few mentions of her. I feel like it contrasts nicely with her red hair , which I gave her as a nod to Lady Aphrodite. Peitho is usually considered her handmaiden, but sometimes she's an aspect of hers or quite literally the same goddess, so I thought it'd be cool to have them look somewhat similar. I've decided to also give her wings on her head , those of a dove :>

( so now she can match with her husband :3 )

She's so so dear to me I'm happy I finally made a big illustration of her <3 I wanted it to look similar to the one I made of Lord Hermes . This started out as a study of one of Bouguereau's paintings btw !! ( I like how I did the fabric & skin , the rest is kind of eh but that's okay )

I draw her with wings because I believe her mother Lady Ate ( a goddess of ruin & recklessness , a descendant of Mother Night ) has bat wings :3 and I gave her some small pieces of silver jewelry, Nonnus described her as being clad in silver , and I interpret her to be a rather shy & humble goddess , partially because her mother was cast from Olympos, which tells me that Peitho grew up on earth as well and only ascended to the heavens after she started working with Lady Aphrodite as her handmaiden . ( Keep in mind this is all my own interpretation, we know very very little about Lady Peitho and even less about her mother . Plus , there's several interpretations of who her parents are , I just go with this one because it's the most interesting in my opinion !! )

I'm so happy to have someone who is interested in her😊! First off I think it's important to highlight the versatile nature of persuasion she represents/embodies. It's more than casual or mundane living like with marriage (usually, depending on status that is) and does historically dip into the political as she is very influential in that sphere and heavily a part of her domain. I worship her as more than simply the herald or handmaiden of Aphrodite and tend to highlight her status as a water deity as one of the Okeanids.

Peitho's place as a pure master of words and bending them to her will is like an art as easy as breathing. I tend to not give her a lot of offerings and put more of a focus on time spent with her or doing devotional activities if anything. Luckily though, there are historical symbols like doves and yarn/string/twine. Her company tends to be that of love/marriage deities, Hermes for their shared domain over charming/witty/eloquent and persuasive speech as well as Hermes' initial role in marriage during the honeymoon stages as well as theft, as well as Tykhe, Bia, and Nemesis.

Multiple other daimones have a high possibility for coupling together with Peitho in general so I think that would be a great place to start if you already have any of the above already in your daily life.

As for purely UPG associations, in my experience, she really adores cats and the color red and is ambivalent with the colors white and pink. Peaches, mangos, pomegranates (as an extension of the importance of Aphrodite with the last fruit), and mint are also her favorites. I don't personally have any mineral/quartz associations for her yet as I haven't gone out of my way to make that connection. Lastly for offerings stream/ocean imagery and seashells are good to go with (again, tying to Aphrodite and her parentage either to A. or Okeanos and Tethys).