@antiquidons#Astronomy and calendars are the domain of #Hermes. His grandfather Atlas turns the heavenly constellations and his mother Maia is one of the starry Pleiades.
Atlas instructed him in astronomy and the Greek mythographer Euhemeros says that #Aphrodite first established the constellations and taught Hermes. The planet #Mercury is attributed to Hermes because he first established the months and perceived the courses of the constellations.
#Hermes looks up at the sky as he ascends from the underworld. The constellation Virgo greets him with shining stars. It will be another 420 years before it's the lion marking summer's end. Hermes pulls his cloak tighter and leaps into the chilly air. Autumn is here.
Hipparchos was better in math than I'll ever be. But maybe the read was entertaining? If so, support this poor writer by joining her #Patreon: https://patreon.com/aimeemaroux
@NovemberMan This is not really based on any myth aside from the framing being the myth of Persephone living with her mum for half the year and with her husband below the earth for the other half. And a woman has needs!
It's a fun fantasy inspired by myth and the hotspouse trope 😊
This week's #MythologyMonday theme is work.
Four deities spring to my mind when I think of work: #Demeter, #Hermes, #Hephaistos, and #Athena. #AncientGreece was an agricultural society with 80% of the population being involved in this line of work. In Greek mythology, it was Demeter who invented agriculture but according to Diodorus Siculus she burnt all the grain when her daughter #Persephone vanished out of grief and anger.
@ElysiaMacht It does look like a modern wheelchair, doesn't it?
It is a chariot, probably too clunky in real life to be used as a wheelchair, but if Hephaistos invented the wheelchair based on these kinds of chariots it would make total sense!
Happy #Equinox to all who celebrate. Today, day and night are of approximately equal length. From now on, the days get shorter in the Northern hemisphere as #Persephone descends to the underworld and Demeter's sadness halts any plant growth until her daugher returns in Spring. Unless it is actually in winter that Persephone is with #Demeter. Both interpretations are compelling.