http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/ ThiasosAthena Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:00:52 GMT Alex http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/320 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/320 ... quiet lately; however, there are some interesting discussions in the archives. Right now I am doing a lot of work in my home and am just getting ready to Sun, 31 Aug 2008 11:25:22 GMT Hector Lugo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/319 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/319 The brightness of the sun has not yet arrived. The darkness of night is fading. And the rosy colored wisps along the horizon beckon us to wonder. The harbinger Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:58:28 GMT Julia Traver http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/318 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/318 Khaire Alex -- Welcome to the Thiasos. I know that we have been quiet lately; however, there are some interesting discussions in the archives. Right now I am Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:07:51 GMT Alex http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/317 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/317 Greetings, My name is Alex and I live in Central Florida. I came to Paganism about a year ago and I have recently embraced the Hellenic Gods. Artemis, Zeus, Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:10:14 GMT Hector Lugo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/316 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/316 ... I was there in January, don't think I'll be back out there for a while. The Gods are throwing way too much at me of late and my wallet is incapable of Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:06:26 GMT Julia Traver http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/315 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/315 Khaire Hector -- I was agreeing with you ;-). We all know the difficulties inherent in communication over the internet. Julia ;-) When are you coming back to Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:23:39 GMT Hector Lugo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/314 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/314 ... You misunderstand me, I don't think people should conflate them. If you decide to study Athena and worship her, then you do so in the ways that have been Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:13:43 GMT Julia Traver http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/313 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/313 Khairete FA and Hector -- I am of the opinion that no one really knows except by their own experience. Personally, I don't feel that close a connection Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:38:44 GMT Hector Lugo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/312 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/312 ... It was common practice in the ancient world to see the Gods of another culture as being your own gods but in form different than you were used to. I still Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:43:40 GMT freakshow_athens http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/311 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/311 Romans connected Athena with Minerva and later when the took over Roman Britannia, Britain they connected Athena again with the Celtic Goddess Brigit. What are Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:31:27 GMT Julia Traver http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/310 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/310 Khaire -- Personally, I am no shade of Wiccan. However, I did learn a lot about BTW, its off-shoots, etc. It never felt "right" to me. I was "holding out" Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:37:24 GMT freakshow_athens http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/309 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/309 What do you think of Wicca, NeoWicca and Witches? I love to hear what others think good or bad pro or con. There are Wiccans that worship and envoke the Greek Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:36:13 GMT Hector Lugo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/308 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/308 ... Start the Year, Hekatombaeon, at the first New Moon after the rise of Sirius, that is, after the Summer Solstice, and the months should fall into place. If Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:15:08 GMT freakshow_athens http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/307 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/307 Here I found the names of Greek Months The Greeks had a lunar calendar that does not correspond to ours so their holiday dates have little meaning to us. The Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:56:54 GMT freakshow_athens http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/306 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThiasosAthena/message/306 2. The date of the Panathenaea. The principal day was the third from the end of Hecatombaeon (about August 13th). Proclus (in Plat. Tim. p. 9) says so