"#Dionysos was named twice-born by the ancients, counting it as a single and first birth when the plant is set in the ground and begins to grow, and as a second birth when it becomes laden with fruit and ripens its grape-clusters. The god is thus considered to have been born once from the earth and again from the vine."
Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 3.62.5
@Moonslime@antiquidons@mythology Dionysos also holds the epithet thrice-born, so it could be added as a third birth. But I have definitely seen the interpretation of Dionysos gestating in Zeus' thigh like the wine ferments in its vessels as an analogy. The wine was first opened at the Anthesteria festival in March/April, so premie Dionysos born in December would then have finished his time for 3 months in Zeus' thigh 🙂
Dionysos Liknites, “Dionysos of the Winnowing-fan” is an epithet of #Dionysos because at birth he is said to have been laid on a winnowing-fan. Placing newborn children in winnowing-fans is “an omen of wealth and fruitfulness”.
Hermes, too, was "laid in swaddling-bands on the winnowing fan".
@caocancio@lilo@StrassenKatze@actuallyautistic I'm neurotypical (as far as I know) and the top half strikes me as a pretty normal reaction, actually. Sharing a similar story and finding common ground is one of the most common social interactions to relate to someone, I literally do it all the time. The bottom half, I'd say is less common, but people in my life with mental health problems have left me in that category too where I just don't know what to do or risk becoming overwhelmed myself.
@usernamepending@TildeGartenzaun As of now, the decentralisation is just a promise and I think if they do go through with it it will cause the same problems people are now criticising about Mastodon.
I also find it strange that people prefer BlueSky because it lacks basic features like hashtags and DMs and before it implemented lists it was unusable.
Exquisite gold offering bowl engraved with the drinking contest between #Bacchus and #Hercules. We know this story from art but no written account of this myth has survived.
🏛️ #Dionysos and #Herakles, Drinking Contest Detail, Patera of Rennes, Roman bowl, ca 210 CE. Today in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, #Paris.
@dyadya_boris@mythology@antiquidons@archaeodons The way I understand it, the association with #Dionysos with big cats in general and #panthers/#leopards more specifically is that they represent the dangerous side of wine/alcohol. Also, in myth, he was sent to fight a war against the Indians by his father #Zeus, his triumphant return sometimes depicted with him in a tiger-drawn chariot. In art, his kitties are usually female with swollen teats to visualise his fertility powers.
@phistorians@antiquidons@mythology It is! Though technically I think both Zeus and Ganymede have theirs out too but you have to look reeeeeal closely - tasteful sophrosyne, right? 😁
This coin was minted circa 206 CE, during the reign of Caracalla. The obverse depicts the laureate head of Caracalla facing right. The reverse type features #Mars, naked save for cloak hanging from his shoulder, holding a branch and spear.
@Greenseer@CoinOfNote@antiquidons@histodons@mythology What a beautiful coin! I wonder if it is reallya trophy he is carrying though 🤔
It looks to me like a soldier on the move, carrying his spear, his sword and/or armour.
I wrote a short piece on safe #menstruation tracking apps, expanding on a few tweets I posted at the time #RoevWade was overturned. Incidents of testing women for abortion drugs in the UK prompted me to turn it into an article:
This coin was minted circa 206 CE, during the reign of Caracalla. The obverse depicts the laureate head of Caracalla facing right. The reverse type features #Mars, naked save for cloak hanging from his shoulder, holding a branch and spear.
King Minos of #Crete was married to Pasiphaë, daughter of #Helios, the Sun. After he had been unfaithful several times, she cursed #Minos so he couldn't have sex with mortal women because he would ejaculate snakes, scorpions, and millipedes. As a goddess, #Pasiphaë herself remained unbothered when she slept with her husband. The Athenian girl Prokris overcame the spell by essentially inventing the #condom in the form of a goat's bladder.
@mythology Fun fact: #condoms made from animals are still around! Sheep intestine is a safe option for latex intolerant people. But it doesn't protect from STDs, just snakes, scorpions, and millipedes 😉
Classicists, mythology fans, and others, I've been trying to read and/or round out my collection. I really prefer bilingual works, not simply translations. Is Loeb consistently my best bet? Are there other recommendations? Should I decide work by work?
Current work under consideration is Hesiod's Theogony, but the questions stand more generally, too.
[Feel free to tag in a Classics group if there is one]
My #gay erotic story about Hermes and Dionysos is finally published wide! Get the tender (non-romantic) love story between the two gods at your favourite online retailer:
@cihi1970@smutstodon@lgbtqbookstodon@mythology I meant for the retailers, not mastodon.social. I dunno if they blur the images I post by default now but this time I did it myself because clearly a single naked butt by itself is pornographic 🫣