Within Hellenic polytheism, prayers in supplication or thanksgiving typically contain elements of a recognisable formula, the purpose of which is to gain the attention of a god/s most appropriate to your request or words of thanks with justification or explanation for the prayer:
Greeting and call to god/s
Naming epithets/cult titles and favoured shrines or places
Invocation of kharis
Request or thanksgiving
Farewell
Constructing prayers within this framework can be as elaborate or simple as your need requires. The greater the need the longer and more flattering the prayer.
But how to recognise this formula in traditional prayers in order to construct one of your own? I’ve outlined a few examples and colour-coordinated the key points to match the formula above.
Ready for some colour vomit? Let’s go …
Hear me, you of the silver bow, you who stand in protection over Chryse and holy Killa, and who rule Tenedos with your might, Smintheus, if ever I placed a roof on your lovely temple, or if ever I burned for you the fat thighs of bulls or of goats, grant me this request: let the Danaans pay for my tears with your arrows. Iliad 1.37-42
Now, queen of the land of sweet Eleusis and sea-girt Paros and rocky Antron, lady, giver of good gifts, bringer of seasons, queen Deo, be gracious, you and your daughter all beauteous Persephone, and for my song grant me heart-cheering substance. And now I will remember you and another song also. Homeric Hymn to Demeter
Zeus, thou king, Dodonaean, Pelasgian, thou that dwellest afar, ruling over wintry Dodona,—and about thee dwell the Selli, thine interpreters, men with unwashen feet that couch on the ground. Aforetime verily thou didst hear my word, when I prayed: me thou didst honour, and didst mightily smite the host of the Achaeans; even so now also fulfill thou for me this my desire. Myself verily will I abide in the gathering of the ships, but my comrade am I sending forth amid the host of the Myrmidons to war: with him do thou send forth glory, O Zeus, whose voice is borne afar, and make bold the heart in his breast, to the end that Hector, too, may know whether even alone my squire hath skill to fight, or whether his hands then only rage invincible, whenso I enter the turmoil of Ares. But when away from the ships he hath driven war and the din of war, thea all-unscathed let him come back to the swift ships with all his arms, and his comrades that fight in close combat. Iliad 16.233-248
Deathless Aphrodite of the spangled mind, child of Zeus, who twists lures, I beg you do not break with hard pains, O lady, my heart, but come here if ever before you caught my voice far off and listening left your father’s golden house and came, yoking your car. Sappho Ode to Aphrodite
Kindly Zeus, Ombrios, bringer of rain, and you Maimaktes who clouded over, I thank you for the life-bringing rains and the warm moist air that my plants love. But I thank you most of all for protecting my home from your damaging winds and the strike of thunder. May you always grant me shelter and fertile soils. Prayer to Zeus after a summer storm
TV writers will come up with vaguely weird & awkward mannerisms for a character and unwittingly craft exemplary autism representation, then try to write an explicitly autistic character and commit a hate crime
Why do men who contribute nothing but a paycheck to their families get surprised and mad when they're treated as "just a paycheck" during divorce?
locking in this semester ₊˚⊹♡
the end of sound of music when the nuns go to the mother superior and are like “I’ve sinned...” and she’s like ???? until they reveal the absolutely mangled car parts that they ripped out of the nazis’ engine so the von trapps can escape....literally peak cinema.
Read the comments under any post about the election results. It’s little boys and adult men laughing at you while you’re crying about losing your rights. You don’t need to tell them what our concerns are. They know. They know you could die from sepsis, or while you’re getting an illegal abortion, or from not receiving treatment for your ectopic pregnancy.
They enjoy watching you suffer because you’re just a fucking cow in their eyes.
“it’s another culture, be respectful” idgaf 💀 if it’s oppressive to women, it’s a problem, i don’t care if it’s ur customs. girls having to cover themselves, not being allowed to go to school, being violated, not being allowed to be heard, literally being all around disrespected but you expect me to just be cool about it because “it’s culture”.
women do not deserve to be treated as lesser than in the name of anything. idc if it’s your religion, i don’t care if it’s tradition, it’s a bunch of bullshit.
the pipeline of :
finding out you’re autistic —> becoming hyper aware of your autistic traits —> having imposter syndrome because you think the hyper awareness is actually just you faking it
Being ladybug aside, Marinette is physically fit. Small six pack, good arm muscles, etc. Being Ladybug definitely helped but, she does gymnastics and ballet which gave her a head-start on strong muscles
She loves (/p) people who're are taller, they can grab things for her and when she's with shorter people she feels obligated to help them
@that-baker-girl is virtually ALL of Marinette's socials. But she's really only on Instagram and Tiktok
I can 100% see Mari being Bi-romantic with a Femme lean but a grey asexual
Sleep schedule? Never heard of her
Mari listens to pretty much everything, excluding Screamo and songs about death. Those types of songs remind her of her Paternal grandmother
Being born into a Baker's family means she knows how to cook and bake really well
She LOVES horror movie
During pillow fights she's usually the last one standing
She sleeps sprawled out, like arm going this way leg bent other arm over her head and her foot dangling off the edge of her bed. She sleeps everywhere.
When she's sad she goes to her mom, who makes her food.
A little thing that makes her happy is donating the clothes she's make to charity or even some of her baking
She LOVES physical touch
The only thing that really makes her cry are those sad animal ads.
She hates people being rude, especially to her parents
A shocking fact about Mari is that she listens to rap music, and can rap just as fast as the songs she listens to
Other that her biological family, one of the few people she is close to enough to consider family is Luka. He's like the brother she never had.
A bad habit of Mari's is that she doodles on her skin.
Mari is extremely photogenic but gets embarrassed when her photo is taken.
She's good at virtually everything, EXCEPT talking to people she likes ;-;
Mari's morning routine goes as follows:
Get up
Breakfast
Brush teeth
Get dress
Put on concealer to hide her eyebags
Brush her hair
School
One of the few scars or injuries Marinette has is a thin scar on her right hand ring finger from a glass breaking while she was washing dishes when she was 14.
•Delilah Paris •Audhd •any pronouns • the greek gods 🏛️ •fandoms: HP (the marauders), miraculous lb, pjo, Sherlock Holmes
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