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Erotic Mythology 🌹<p>It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Monday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monday</span></a>! 🌛</p><p>"Luna (the Moon) rules the months."<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ovid</span></a>, Fasti 3.883</p><p>🏛️ Helios-Sol and Selene-Luna, Roman <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mosaic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mosaic</span></a>, ca. 4th century CE, Necropolis of mausoleo “M”, Basílica de San Pedro del Vaticano</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/28433765@N07/40115097190/in/photostream/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">flickr.com/photos/28433765@N07</span><span class="invisible">/40115097190/in/photostream/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>antiquidons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mythology</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfSelene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DayOfSelene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MoonMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoonMonday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekRomanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreekRomanArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Selene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MosaicMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MosaicMonday</span></a></p>
Erotic Mythology 🌹<p>It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Monday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monday</span></a>! 🌛</p><p>"Ο stars, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Selene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selene</span></a>, who light beautifully Love's friends on their way, and Nyx, and you, my little musical instrument, companion of my revels."<br>Anthologia Graeca, Epigram 5.191</p><p>🏛️ Silver pendant from Bactrian culture in Afghanistan, circa 1st-2nd century CE.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>antiquidons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mythology</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfSelene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DayOfSelene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MoonMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoonMonday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekRomanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreekRomanArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Selene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selene</span></a></p>
Erotic Mythology 🌹<p>It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Monday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monday</span></a>! 🌛</p><p>"Sweet voiced Muses, daughters of Zeus, well skilled in song, tell of the Long-winged Mene [Selene]. From her immortal head a radiance is shown from heaven and embraces earth; and great is the beauty that arises from her shining light. The air, unlit before, glows with the light of her golden crown."<br>Homeric Hymn 32 to Selene</p><p>🏛️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Selene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selene</span></a> vase painting</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>antiquidons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mythology</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfSelene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DayOfSelene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MoonMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoonMonday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekRomanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreekRomanArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Selene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selene</span></a></p>
Erotic Mythology 🌹<p>It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Monday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monday</span></a>! 🌛</p><p>"Selene (the Moon), circle of gleaming gold, daughter of radiant-belted Helios!"<br>Euripides, Phoenicians 175</p><p>🏛️ Statue of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Selene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selene</span></a>, white marble, 250-300 CE</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>antiquidons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mythology</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfSelene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DayOfSelene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MoonMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoonMonday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekRomanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreekRomanArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Selene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selene</span></a></p>
Erotic Mythology 🌹<p>It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Monday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monday</span></a>! 🌛</p><p>"Luna (the Moon) herself has ordained various days in various grades as lucky for work. Shun the fifth: then pale Orcus [Oath] and the Eumenides [Erinyes, Furies] were born."<br>Virgil, Georgics 1.276</p><p>🏛️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Luna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Luna</span></a>, Fragment of a Roman <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mosaic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mosaic</span></a>, Villa of Orbe-Boscéaz (in situ), near Orbe, 3rd century CE</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>antiquidons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mythology</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfSelene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DayOfSelene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MoonMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoonMonday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekRomanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreekRomanArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Selene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MosaicMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MosaicMonday</span></a></p>
Erotic Mythology 🌹<p>It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Monday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monday</span></a>! 🌛</p><p>"As much as all the stars are less than your bright fires when your silvery gleam goes forth with pure rays, so much more fair is she than all the fair."<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ovid</span></a>, Heroides 18.59</p><p>🏛️ Roman oil lamp decorated with the goddess <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Luna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Luna</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>antiquidons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mythology</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfSelene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DayOfSelene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MoonMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoonMonday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekRomanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreekRomanArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Selene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selene</span></a></p>
Ed Wiebe<p>Moonset this morning over <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/PKOLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PKOLS</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Saanich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saanich</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/VictoriaBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VictoriaBC</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Selene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selene</span></a></p>
Erotic Mythology 🌹<p>It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Monday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monday</span></a>! 🌛</p><p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Selene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selene</span></a> (the Moon), circle of gleaming gold, daughter of radiant-belted Helios!"<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Euripides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Euripides</span></a>, Phoenicians 175</p><p>🏛️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Luna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Luna</span></a>-Selene, relief on the pediment at the Roman Baths</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>antiquidons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mythology</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfSelene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DayOfSelene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MoonMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoonMonday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekRomanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreekRomanArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a></p>
Erotic Mythology 🌹<p>It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Monday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monday</span></a>! 🌛</p><p>"Not ye had the wakeful dawn put all the stars to flight from heaven, and Luna [<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Selene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selene</span></a>] was beholding the approach of day with fading horn."<br>Statius, Thebaid 12.1</p><p>🏛️ Bronze statue of the moon goddess <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Luna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Luna</span></a> from ancient marine cargo of a merchant ship that sank during the Late Roman period 400 CE</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>antiquidons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mythology</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfSelene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DayOfSelene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MoonMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoonMonday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekRomanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreekRomanArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a></p>
Erotic Mythology 🌹<p>It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Monday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monday</span></a>! 🌛</p><p>"So does starlight splendour wane with the coming of the sun, and the huddled flock of the Pleiades vanish away when Phoebe [<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Selene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selene</span></a> the Moon], shining with borrowed light [from the sun], with encircling horns encloses her full-orbed disk."<br>Seneca, Medea 95</p><p>🏛️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Luna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Luna</span></a>, Roman Fresco, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>antiquidons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mythology</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfSelene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DayOfSelene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MoonMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoonMonday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekRomanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreekRomanArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a></p>
Ed Wiebe<p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Moonset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moonset</span></a> in 20 seconds.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Saanich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saanich</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/VictoriaBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VictoriaBC</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/PKOLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PKOLS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/selene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selene</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moon</span></a></p>
Erotic Mythology 🌹<p>It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Monday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monday</span></a>! 🌛</p><p>"Three nights remained before <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Luna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Luna</span></a>'s (the Moon's) bright horns would meet and form her orb; then when she shone in fullest radiance and with form complete gazed down upon the sleeping lands below."<br>Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.179</p><p>🏛️ Statue of Diana <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Selene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selene</span></a> found near the Porta San Sebastiano, today in the Musei Capitolini, Palazzo Nuovo in Rome</p><p>📸 Gypsi<br><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/gypsi54/27759773328" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">flickr.com/photos/gypsi54/2775</span><span class="invisible">9773328</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>antiquidons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mythology</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfSelene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DayOfSelene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MoonMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoonMonday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekRomanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreekRomanArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a></p>
Antinous the Gay God<p>🪷 7 Feb is sacred to moon goddess <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Selene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selene</span></a> and <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Artemis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Artemis</span></a>/#Diana, twin sister of <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Apollo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apollo</span></a>, oft equated with <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Antinous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antinous</span></a>. <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Antinoos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antinoos</span></a> visited her <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Ephesus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ephesus</span></a> temple. She illuminates darkness. Tonight you should honor nature spirits. Leave food for winter animals. <a href="https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/02/we-pray-to-antinousdiana-to-guide-us-in.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">antinousstars.blogspot.com/202</span><span class="invisible">5/02/we-pray-to-antinousdiana-to-guide-us-in.html</span></a> 🪷</p>
Erotic Mythology 🌹<p>It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Monday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monday</span></a>! 🌛</p><p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Selene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selene</span></a>, circle of gleaming gold, daughter of radiant-belted <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Helios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Helios</span></a> (the Sun)."<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Euripides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Euripides</span></a>, Phoenicians 175</p><p>🏛️ Baal-Saturnus, Helios-Sol &amp; Selene-Luna Relief on marble bowl</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>antiquidons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mythology</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfSelene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DayOfSelene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MoonMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoonMonday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekRomanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreekRomanArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a></p>
Jaume Mall<p>'na nit! <a href="https://mastodont.cat/tags/MastodonOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonOff</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodont.cat/tags/Selene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodont.cat/tags/Lluna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lluna</span></a> <a href="https://mastodont.cat/tags/Godess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Godess</span></a> 🌙 🌒</p>
Erotic Mythology 🌹<p>It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Monday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monday</span></a>! 🌛</p><p>"Rosy-fingered <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Selene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selene</span></a> (the Moon) after sunset, surpasssing all the stars, and her light spreads alike over the salt sea and the flowery fields; the dew is shed in beauty, and roses bloom and tender chervil and flowery melilot."<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sappho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sappho</span></a>, Fragment 96</p><p>🏛️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Luna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Luna</span></a> bronze statuette, 1st century CE, Staatliche Museen Antikensammlung, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Berlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Berlin</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>antiquidons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mythology</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfSelene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DayOfSelene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MoonMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoonMonday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekRomanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreekRomanArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a></p>
Erotic Mythology 🌹<p>It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Monday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monday</span></a>! 🌛</p><p>"A team of mules unbridled and a mule-cart with silver wheels are there on the beach, but <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Selene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selene</span></a> knows not how to put mules to her yokestrap--she drives a team of bulls!"<br>Nonnus, Dionysiaca 7.222</p><p>🏛️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Luna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Luna</span></a> in her biga, relief on the short west side of the Arch of Constantine, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rome</span></a>, 312—315 CE</p><p>📸 Sergey Sosnovskiy</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>antiquidons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mythology</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfSelene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DayOfSelene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MoonMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoonMonday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekRomanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreekRomanArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a></p>
The Shadow of Olympus<p><span>We are the children of Hyperion<br>That light of the heavens<br>Born of Gaea, our divine mother the sacred earth<br>And Ouranos, our divine father the starry sky<br><br>We are the children of Theia<br>That Titan that sees all and allows us to see<br>Born of Gaea, our divine mother and giver of gifts<br>And Ouranos, our divine father the heavens above<br><br>Helios<br>Resplendant lord of the Winter Solstice<br><br>Selene<br>Silver gowned lady of the moon<br><br>Eos<br>Bedecked in shades of gold, violet, and indigo at the dawn<br><br>The divine Hyperionides<br>Who from the East ride forth<br>Into the heavens above<br>To bring light and color to the world once dark<br>The gifts of their parents<br>They who measure the days<br>And the months of the year<br><br>Art: Nicolas Poussin, French, 1594-1665<br><br></span><a href="https://sharkey.world/tags/polytheism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polytheism</a> <a href="https://sharkey.world/tags/hellenismos" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hellenismos</a> <a href="https://sharkey.world/tags/paganism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paganism</a> <a href="https://sharkey.world/tags/pagan" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pagan</a> <a href="https://sharkey.world/tags/prayer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prayer</a> <a href="https://sharkey.world/tags/hyperion" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hyperion</a> <a href="https://sharkey.world/tags/selene" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#selene</a> <a href="https://sharkey.world/tags/EOS" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EOS</a> <a href="https://sharkey.world/tags/helios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#helios</a></p>
Erotic Mythology 🌹<p>It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Monday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monday</span></a>! 🌛</p><p>"And soon <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Luna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Luna</span></a> [Selene] comes with veiled horns."<br>Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 8. 28</p><p>🏛️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Selene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selene</span></a> fresco, Necropolis of Cappella, Monte di Procida</p><p>📸 Ferdinando Gangemi</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>antiquidons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mythology</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfSelene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DayOfSelene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MoonMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoonMonday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekRomanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreekRomanArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a></p>
Erotic Mythology 🌹<p>It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Monday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monday</span></a>! 🌛</p><p>"When Mene [<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Selene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selene</span></a>], full with grey fire, gilds with her face the gleaming heaven: not when, sharpening her pointed horns, she first shines, rising in the shadowless dusk of the month, but when, orbing the round radiance of her eye, she draws to herself the reflected rays of the sun."<br>Tryphiodorus, The Taking of Ilias 514</p><p>🏛️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Luna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Luna</span></a> bust on a Roman oil lamp, dated 100 CE</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>antiquidons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mythology</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfSelene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DayOfSelene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MoonMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoonMonday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekRomanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreekRomanArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a></p>
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