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AimeeMaroux

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I write #erotica about sexy #GreekGods & #GreekMythology 🏛️

Commissions are open: [email protected]

New stories every month on Patreon: http://patreon.com/aimeemaroux

I host #MythologyMonday and #FannyFriday.

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This week's theme is fire and there are two major Greek gods associated with fire: , goddess of the hearth, and , god of smiths.

They represent in two different forms: the sacrificial flame of the hearth as the sacred centre of domestic life and the flame of Hephaistos, source of all arts, and fuel of the funeral pyre. But both could be invoked for the cooking of sacrificial meat or a good meal:

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"For without you [Hestia] mortals hold no banquet."
Homeric Hymn 24 to

"Swine with the fat abundant upon them were singed and stretched out across the flame of ."
Homer, Iliad 9.467

As the hearth of a house is at the same time the altar on which sacrifices are offered to the domestic gods, Hestia presides over all sacrifices, and, as the goddess of the sacred fire of the altar, she gets a share of every sacrifice to the gods made at home or in their temples.

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also presided over the central hearth of a state, the fire kept alight in the civic hall as a public hearth in every town. City officials would sacrifice at the public hearth on entering upon their office, and there, as at a private hearth, Hestia protected the suppliants.

When a new colony was founded, the emigrants took the fire which was to burn on the hearth of their new home from the public hearth of their mother town.

3/8?

@pagan @mythology

AimeeMaroux,
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If it did go out, only sacred fire produced by friction, or by bronze burning mirrors drawing fire from the sun, might be used to rekindle it.

A ritual from , the cult centre of , has all fires on Lemnos extinguished for nine days until new fire is brought from the island of :

4/8

@pagan @mythology

AimeeMaroux,
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"And the island of is purified every year for the deed once done to the men on Lemnos by their wives at 's instigation. The fire on Lemnos is extinguished for nine days. A sacred ship from , however, carries the fire, and if it arrives before the offerings for the dead, it puts in nowhere on Lemnos, but rides at anchor off the headlands out at sea until sailing into the harbor is permitted by divine law."

Heroikos by Lucius Flavius Philostratus, 213–214 CE

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"For then, while invoking chthonian and ineffable gods, they keep pure, I think, the fire that is out on the sea. Whenever the sacred ship sails in and they distribute the fire both to its new abode and to the forges of the artisans, from that source is the beginning of new life."

Heroikos by Lucius Flavius Philostratus, 213–214 CE

6/8

@antiquidons @mythology

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No fire meant a disruption of all normal life for nine days: no regular meals like bread or porridge, no incense to burn for the gods, the hearth and thus the centre of every community and household is dead - until new life arrives from the sea.

, it is said, loves "more than any place on earth". According to the Illiad, it was on Lemnos where Hephaistos landed after being thrown from Olympos by his father and it is on Lemnos where he has his forge.

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AimeeMaroux, to antiquidons
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It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / ! 🌛

The goddess Luna personifies in a portraying the seven days of the week. The goddess drives a two-horse chariot called a biga and is crowned with the disc of the moon.

🏛️ Mosaic dated 3rd century CE, today in the Roman Villa of Orbe-Boscéaz (in situ), near Orbe,

@antiquidons @mythology

AimeeMaroux, to random
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The glossary for August's erotic mythology story is going to be looooong 😳

In the story, and visit , invited by the goddess , and as I am not as well-versed in Egyptian history, it was tough getting the details right. I always aim to bring the ancient world alive and it is supposed to be a place where young gods like Dionysos and Ariadne seem like children to the ancient deities who ruled over Egypt for centuries if not millenia when the story takes place.

AimeeMaroux,
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@Virginicus Thank you 🥰
It was a fun piece to write!

AimeeMaroux, to random
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I'm a bit sad. I've tried to bring people over to with what are good arguments to ME: content creators will eventually be shadowbanned or booted off a platform as soon as there is advertisers or payment processors demanding it. For marginalised people, Mastodon has powerful tools to stay safe.
But most people I talk to do acknowledge that and then go on to stay on or sign up for .
But I understand the discoverability issues, it's Mastodon's greatest weakness IMO.

AimeeMaroux,
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@Turnimunt @nggalai I have the time for one main social media platform and maybe a secondary one.
I'm an erotica writer, so it's not just about what I find enjoyable but where my readers are too and where I won't be shadowbanned or excluded.

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@nggalai I am working on a piece arguing why Mastodon is the best bet for NSFW content creators but I do understand the concerns about finding an audience. Mastodon doesn't show up in analytics either so it's tough to say how many people actually follow your links. I had thought nobody came via Mastodon until I found out it shows as a direct hit rather than via Mastodon.

NSFW may be allowed on Bluesky now, in the beginning it always is. NSFW creators only get the boot once the platform is big.

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@Turnimunt @nggalai Doesn't that depend mostly on the instance?

AimeeMaroux,
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@nggalai I think that is the most likely course as well, especially considering how things have played out on other platforms.
Even though Twitter technically allows NSFW it felt like my reach had been reduced vastly well before EM bought it.

AimeeMaroux, to antiquidons
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It's the Day of Helios / Sol's Day / ! ☀️

"We came soon enough to the lovely island of . Here were the fine broad-browed herds, here were the plentiful fat flocks of Hyperion [Helios]."
Homer, Odyssey 12. 261

🎨 Helios and depicted on an oil lamp, Antikensammlung

📸 Marco Prins
https://www.livius.org/pictures/a/graeco-roman-mythology/odysseus-and-helios/

@antiquidons @mythology

AimeeMaroux, to antiquidons
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It's the here at Erotic Mythology! 🍇

, and are celebrating the weekend in this Apulian vase painting.

🏛️ Krater with red-figure vase painting, dated 380-370 BCE. Today in the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire in .

@antiquidons @histodons @mythology

AimeeMaroux,
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@LazaroDTormes They certainly did!

AimeeMaroux,
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@DF_Media I love him too, he is the one who ensnared me with his vines and got me back into mythology 🥰
The party sounds like the Bacchic Lord chose to possess you that evening 🍷

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@edsuom @inquisitormundi @mythology @antiquidons @histodons
For one, ancient Greek art usally depicts the penis to show you that a figure is male. This is especially important for gender-fluid gods like Dionysos. But you also find it in theatre: a male character has a leather phallus.
There are depictions of fully naked women, most promintently the goddess Aphrodite but mortal women as well.
Overall, there were more places where it was acceptable for men to be naked, like the palaistra.

Ancient Greek red-figure vase painting of two fully nude women in the bath.

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It's the here at Erotic Mythology! 🍇

, and are celebrating the weekend in this Apulian vase painting.

🏛️ Krate with red-figure vase painting, dated 380-370 BCE. Today in the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire in .

@antiquidons @histodons @mythology

AimeeMaroux, to mythology
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Happy :BlobhajHeart:

invents the strap-on 😏

"I made this harness so I can strap it to myself and fuck any man or woman as I please."
wrinkled her nose.
"You wanna fuck me with that thing?"
"No. Well, I can, if you want. But I had thought maybe you wanted to give ME a good pounding..."

https://eroticmythology.com/fiction-a-good-pounding-aphrodite-artemis/

@smutstodon @mythology

AimeeMaroux, to antiquidons
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Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 🌹

This statuette of Isis-Aphrodite lifts her skirts to ward off evil.

🏛️ Isis-Aphrodite, ca 1st century BCE

@mythology @histodons @antiquidons @archaeodons

AimeeMaroux, to random
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It's #BlackCatAppreciationDay but #Dionysos and his pet panthers are celebrating it every day.
Just like we do with my sister's adorable black cat Emilia 🥰

AimeeMaroux, to antiquidons
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Does size matter? Not when the little guy is this cute!

Phallus found at Liverpool Street in

@antiquidons

AimeeMaroux,
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@andersgo @antiquidons Exactly 😊

AimeeMaroux,
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@aschnefuenfzehn What? Why? I think men and their phalloi are pretty cute 🤗

AimeeMaroux,
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@lowrah It's too big for ants, Zoolander 🙄 😉

AimeeMaroux,
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@brododaktylos @lowrah This is all true but Laura's toot was a Zoolander reference 😉

AimeeMaroux,
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@brododaktylos @lowrah

This is the scene. It was a good joke IMO 😄
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ffj8SHrbk0

phistorians, to antiquidons
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✨Special Episode - Classical Reception in Lil Nas X with Yentl Love

We sit down with Yentl Love (aka the Queer Classicist) to take a deep dive into the layered symbolism and classical allusions in Lil Nas X’s music video ‘Call Me By Your Name’. We very much recommend watching the music video to set the mood!

@antiquidons @histodons @archaeodons

https://partialhistorians.com/2023/08/17/special-episode-classical-reception-in-lil-nas-x-with-yentl-love/

AimeeMaroux,
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@phistorians Ooooooh, that is an interesting one! I mainly remember the obvious bible themes in the video so I will have to watch it again and give the episode a listen! :BlobhajPrideHeart:

AimeeMaroux, to antiquidons
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It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / ! ⚡

(seated) and with their children and .

🏛️ Marble relief from the sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron, dated ca. 420-410 BCE. Now in the Archaeological Museum of Brauron.

@antiquidons @histodons @mythology

shoq, to random
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“Stay and fight” is so ludicrous. Fight for what? Fight with what? Users have no leverage against Musk. None. It’s just more insipid rationalization by people who just can’t bear to think about having to lose any part of their follower counts. It’s actually a chance to expand them and make them more meaningful.

AimeeMaroux,
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@shoq I was hoping to bring people over to Mastodon but it hasn't been super successful. A few of my friends made it and I'm keeping my account so I still have the means to contact some of them but I haven't posted there for months except for promoting the Fediverse and I don't intend to. Might rather delete all other tweets but I'm not sure how the archive I made works (md files) and if / how I can browse it.

AimeeMaroux, to mythology
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"Joy brightens the hearts of my worshippers and enables them to live a full and meaningful life. Let me place joy in your heart as well. Life, prosperity, and health."
felt the magic of the words fill her, a common greeting that was made powerful by the goddess speaking it. Divinity sparked from 's fingertips as she brushed over Ariadne's womanhood, an intense feeling of joyful lust following in their wake.
@smutstodon @mythology

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I'm writing about the intersection between birth and violence in various myths, including the birth of . Some sources say that Hephaistos or Prometheus used an axe to help her emerge, but many secondary discussions of the story also describe having a terrible headache before the birth. I can't find the original sources mentioning the headache. If anyone knows what text or texts this is from, I would love to know!

AimeeMaroux,
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@AnnaJunePage It was probably Robert Graves, just like the idea of Hestia giving up her status as an Olympian for Dionysos (which wasn't a thing in antiquity).

AimeeMaroux, to antiquidons
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It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka ! 🐏

Meet this youthful with long hair and his kerykeion staff in hand between two sphinxes.

🏛️ Attic black-figure olpe (jug) made in Athens about 600-580 BCE. Found at Nola, Campania, Southern Italy. Toda in the British Museum.

@mythology @antiquidons @histodons

tbqtalks, to random
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I hate when I have to look up something on Twitter now. Like I need a Silkwood shower just for thinking about it.

AimeeMaroux,
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@tbqtalks The X logo alone makes me aggressive.
But when I last signed in, there actually wasn't as much going on as only a few weeks ago. Are people finally leaving?

AimeeMaroux, to antiquidons
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It's the Day of Ares / Mars' Day / ! 🗡️

Meet this red jasper from depicting the Roman god standing in the nude, wearing only a crested helmet and the folds of a cloak over one arm. He cradles a long spear and holds a sheathed sword with its belt.

🏛️ Mars, Roman intaglio, Amgueddfa - National Museum Wales

@antiquidons @histodons @mythology

AimeeMaroux, to random
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This week's theme is artworks featuring mythology. There are, of course, countless depictions of mythological scenes from ancient times. Some myths, in fact, are ONLY known through artwork, for example the drinking contest between and .
(More details in the alt text)

🎨 Roman Mosaic, dated ca. 100 CE, Antioch

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AimeeMaroux,
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In the European , the writings of ancient Greek and Roman authors were rediscovered and with them the myths. My favourite piece of Renaissance art is Benvenuto Cellini's . He is shown right after having killed , holding up her severed head. But to me, he doesn't look triumphant. He looks sad and tired. Cellini paid close attention and kept the tradition of the long tapered foreskin with his Perseus that is known from ancient art.

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AimeeMaroux,
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In the 19th century, the popularity of Graeco-Roman myths was still going strong. This is a 19th century painting of #Apollon, catching his lover #Hyakinthos who has been hit fatally by the discus they played with. It can be seen lying on the ground. Apollon is identified by a quiver of arrows on his back.
The scene is tender and incredibly sad. I like to think Apollon and the Muses inspired it.

🎨 La mort d'Hyacinthe (The Death of #Hyacinthus), by Jean Broc, dated 1801

3/4

#MythologyMonday

AimeeMaroux,
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There are quite a lot of artworks I love that were made in our modern day, especially from independent creators who just love . It is impossible to pick just one so here are four of my favourite artworks from contemporary artists.

by
https://www.tumblr.com/olimpogioieedisagi/164185772621

kissing by Li Österberg
https://www.deviantart.com/a-gnosis/art/Greek-Love-80184341

Bacchae MC kissing Aphrodite by The Last Bacchae
https://www.tumblr.com/thelastbacchae

& by @freitas_art

4/4

A coloured drawing of Hermes kissing Perseus underneath a pink heart with "Greek Love" written over it in black, curly letters. Hermes wears his winged sandals and a winged hat with a blue kilt and a red cloak. His hands are wrapped around Perseus' waist. Perseus is wearing a crested helmet on the top of his head and he is holding the severed head of Medusa in his left, off to the side, away from the romantic scene.
A coloured drawing of a blonde modern maenad holding a thyrsos and dressed in jeans and a tank top kissing Aphrodite who is dressed in ancient Greek garb with a golden crown, a golden arm ring and a pink chiton-like dress.
Black-and-white drawing of Ares and Aphrodite. Ares is standing behind Aphrodite, holding her naked breasts in his hand, giving her a seductive look. She is glancing back at him with a smirk.

AimeeMaroux,
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@aurochs No, it was very much not a thing. The Greeks saw it as mutilation since the beauty standard was a long, tapered foreskin. The Romans even put the death penalty on circumcision one time.
The ancient Egyptians, however, did practice a form of circumcision.

AimeeMaroux, to antiquidons
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It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / ! 🌛

"Swelled like young Mene's the ['s] arching chariot-rail when high over Okeanos' fathomless-flowing stream she rises, with the space half filled with light between her bowing horns."
Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy 1.147

🏛️ on the facade of the House of Venus and the Four Gods (IX. 7. 1), 1st century CE, Pompeii

@antiquidons @mythology

AimeeMaroux, (edited ) to bookstodon
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, where do you usually buy steamy ?

Is it the 'Zon, is it another big retailer or do you ?

What links are most useful for us authors to share with our audience here?

Boosts are very much appreciated ❤️

@bookstodon @smutstodon

AimeeMaroux,
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@jsundman Interesting data!
I made about 10% of total sales via Smashwords but I haven't been on Smashwords as long as on Amazon and, what's more important, I haven't advertised it as much.
I think Smashwords works better for erotica since they allow some kinks that are banned on the Zon and therefore erotica readers are more likely to have heard of it.

AimeeMaroux, to histodons
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On #NationalUnderwearDay I want to talk about the ancestor of the bra: the strophion!

In #GreekRomanArt the goddess #Aphrodite can sometimes be seen putting it on or taking it off but mortal women are depicted wearing it too.

It is uncertain what the Greek strophion looked like but the Roman adaptation, the strophium, was a breast band, a strip of cloth wrapped around the upper torso.

It was a normal but optional piece of feminine clothing.

@antiquidons @histodons #herstory #ancientRome

Roman erotic fresco from Pompeii depicting a couple seemingly about to have intercourse with her riding on top of him. She is wearing a strophium around her breasts and an arm band and anklet while he is fully nude, lying on his back in anticipation.

AimeeMaroux,
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@Sine @mimicofmodes @VVitchy @antiquidons @histodons That's amazing, Sìne!!
I wonder if it will keep just as well with linen since it probably isn't quite as stretchy as lyrca 🤔
The bunching in the back may be resolved with someone just help tie it?

AimeeMaroux, to random
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I'm currently working on my so you guys can subscribe directly to me instead of going through a platform like . I still have to pay the fees of the payment provider and technically they can dictate what I can sell on my site but it's easier to change the payment provider than to appeal to Patreon in case something happens.
What do you think? Worth the hassle or should I rather focus on Patreon?

https://eroticmythology.com

AimeeMaroux,
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@dontpanic I don't have a Wordpress site, I'm using software. It's open source, so I hope it will get integration eventually.
It would be really awesome if people could comment on my posts with their Fediverse accounts!

My site is marked as adult, so I'm not getting any visibility from Patreon at all. The only benefit is that many people are already using the platform and therefore lowering the threshold for sign-ups.

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Bonjour 👋
Le Musée Saint-Raymond, musée d’Archéologie de rejoint aujourd’hui :mastodon: 😄

Nous échangerons ici autour de nos collections et de nos actualités.

On vous présente notre parcours permanent dans les prochains toots/pouets !

À très vite !

AimeeMaroux,
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@msr_tlse Ooooh, vous êtes le premier musée je vois ici sur Mastodon. Très heureux que vous ayez rejoint!

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