Delphic Maxims #12: If Your a Stranger, Act Like One

So this week’s Maxims is pretty interesting. This one is for strangers. And it’s clear that, as a stranger, you know where nothing is at. Strangers are not a part of any community, they are just passing. So don’t act as though you’re a citizen, or a part of a community, because your not. You’re a stranger and you need to act like one.

The Athenian Month of Metageitnion Begins

So here's the holiday's, festivals, and so forth of this month. Enjoy them.

July 24: Nourmia
July 25: Agathos Deamon
July 26: Honor Athena
July 27: Honor Aphrodite, Hermes, Heracles, and Eros
July 29: Honor Artemis
July 30: Honor Apollon
July 31: Honor Poseidon and Theseus
August 7-11: Eleusinia
August 7: Full Moon (Honor Selene, Hecate, and Artemis)
August 8: Sacrifices to Kourotrophos, Hecate, Artemis
August 11: Sacrifices to Heroines
August 12: (Daylight) Libations to Hermes/Sacrifices to Hera Thelkhinia
August 17: Sacrifices to Zeus Epoptes
August 21: New Moon (Honor Hecate)

Have a good month.

Delphic Maxims #11: Think Like a Mortal

This one is ‘Think like a Mortal.’ This one is very confusing and not something that I personally understand. What did Apollo mean by this? Does he want us to think like those that are not full of might and riches? Or something else. I think that this will be one that I will have to think about.

Delphic Maxims #10: Know your opportunity

This one is very simple, know your opportunity. There are tons of opportunities out there and to know which ones to take is important. I took the opportunity to get a job and now I'm happy. Doing what I did will make you happy, because your not stuck in a rut of your making.

Panathenaia (2017)

Yesterday started the Panathenaia, which honors Athena. It's the festival that celebrates the day that she was born. There were contests of all sorts and it was all done in the name of Athena. I hope that you all will have a good one.

Delphic Maxims #9: Intend to get married

I'm finally getting back on-track with these Maxims. This one is the ninth and involves intending to get married. Getting married was a big thing and important to society. Unlike today, marriage was something that had to be done so that a society could survive. If you didn't marry, you didn't produce children, and society suffered. I believe that's what this means.

Hellenic Holiday: Sunoikia (2017)

I almost forgot to do this one. Tonight will be Sunoikia, which is the annual sacrifice that the people of Attica did. I don’t know who it was dedicated to, but it was an important one. I hope that you all have a good one.

Libations to Athena (2017)

Today I poured out libations to Athena. I did this downstairs because it's too hot in my room. Here's the photo's.

Late Post: Kronia (2017)

This one is late as well, and I’m sorry about that. This one is the first Hellenic holiday of the new year and it’s Kronia, which honors the Greek god Cronos. If anyone knows about the myth he defeated his father and became ruler of the Titans. However, he was told that one of his children would overthrown him and so he swallowed all of them except for Zeus, who was the child that ended up overthrowing him.

Known as the god of time he is popular today as the symbol of the end of the year. I hope that you all had a good one.

Late Post Delphic Maxims #8: Be/Know Yourself

So this is a late one and it's late because I had to work. Be/Know Yourself was the most important saying that Apollon ever said. And he's known for only that. Be/Know Yourself is know who you are, who the gods are, and what your doing. Know your inner self and your outer self.