Herakles
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I wrote this prayer for the fourth of the lunar month, if anyone if interested. In the Athenian reckoning, it is sacred to Hermes, Aphrodite, Eros, and Herakles. —- On this most sacred day of the month, the fourth day of the moon’s waxing, I come before my altar to sing the praises of four
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these are short prayers for the sacred days of the lunar month. I wrote these years ago, when I first book, Songs of Praise, was published. Most of these are historically attested to as the Athenians considered the days sacred to the God named. I added the days for Asklepios and Dionysos, since They did not
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Just in case you couldn’t read the hymns in the picture in the last post, this is hymn to Herakles I wrote: To Herakles by Amanda Artemisia Forrestter Sing, O lovely Muses of Helikon, Of Herakles, the lion-hearted. Son of Zeus, called Hercules by the Romans Child of the mighty King of the Gods By
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Besides Aphrodite, Eros, and Hermes, today is also dedicated to Herakles, better known by His Roman name Hercules. Herakles was a widely popular God in the ancient world. Many times a God such as Herakles or Asklepios, who was born mortal and ascended to Olympos at the time of their death, were considered to be
Temple of Athena the Savior 