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Helios ray lineart9/22/2023 I realized I’d always been hesitant to expand my horizons and learn about new deities and other prominent religious figures because it felt like I was taking time away from the gods I do actually worship. It really got me thinking about the way I engage with parts of my faith, specifically adding new deities into my current worship practice. My friend Adrian recently wrote a very thought-provoking piece about relatively unknown gods receiving worship for the first time in centuries, or even millennia. doi:10.3764/aja.1 helios deity helios worship hellenic community hellenic deities hellenic polytheism hellenic polytheist hellenic polytheistic hellenic paganism helios my FAV epithet ever it fits him so well he never fails to brighten my day Helios Rising: The Sun, the Moon, and the Sea in the Sculptures of the Parthenon. The Homeric Hymns: A Translation, with Introduction and Notes (Joan Palevsky Imprint in Classical Literature) (First Edition, Updated ed.). She brings up the dedications to Apollon of the silver bow, which is a homeric non-cultic epithet that still received dedications. See Larson, 2006 for more information on the intersection of cultic and poetic epithets. Call upon this aspect of Helios if you need his help, or give offerings to him for all the gifts he gives to us everyday. This is a non-cultic epithet, however the line between cultic and non-cultic epithets doesn’t really exist. Tldr Terpsimbrotos is an epithet of Helios that means “delighting the hearts of men” or “gladdening mortals”. Call upon him when you need to be cheered up or to simply thank him for all of his lovely gifts and shining self. If you’re feeling sad and depressed, Helios is there for you. Helios directly sends light to mortals, even upon request.Īpplying this in praxis is easy - give an offering to Helios Terpsimbrotos to thank him for the joy he brings to all. Sometimes when I yell at him as he’s guiding his chariot across the sky, I become filled with happiness and serotonin. In my personal experience, Helios most certainly brings joy. Sun brings us joy and light everyday and I love him for it. He gladdens us and brings us joy so much that he has an entire epithet devoted to it. Overall, it is simply sweet and kind of Helios to directly want to make us happy. Homeric poetry is pan-hellenic by nature. The line between cult and poetic epithets does not truly exist, especially if the epithet is homeric as Terpsimbrotos is. However poetic epithets could receive cult and poetic epithets could also be cultic epithets. The epithet means “delighting the hearts of men” or “gladdening mortals”.Īfter all of my searching, I could not find a cult attested to Helios Terpsimbrotos. All three instances of the epithet refer to it as an epithet of Helios and Helios only. It’s attested three times: twice in the Odyssey and once in the Homeric hymn to Apollon. Terpsimbrotos (τερψίμβροτος) is an epithet of Helios.
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