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Have a courageous Day of Ares aka Mars' Day aka Tuesday 🗡️

"‘Should we not address a prayer to Comrade [...] Appoint 10 representatives to accompany me; that will suffice to attack the nearest village and enable me to bring back a meal fit for Salian priests.’
So he set out; the rest laid a huge fire and set up an altar to Mars on the green turf."
Apuleius, The Golden Ass 7.10

🏛 Roman sandstone statue of , 4th century, Yorkshire Museum

The statue stands to a height of 1.78 m, though it is missing the feet from below the ankle and any plinth it may have originally stood on. Mars is depicted as a youthful soldier, wearing a Greek helmet and bearing a large oval shield held in his left arm. He is wearing a cuirass with elaborate lappets beneath and at the sleeves over a tunic. He has a sword strapped on his left side. His right arm is extended but the hand is missing. It probably held a spear originally.

It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / ! 🌛

"It was naked that Endymion enraptured Phoebus's sister [Selene] and naked, they say, lay with the goddess."
Propertius, Elegies 2. 15

🏛️ Selene and Endymion , Roman marble sarcophagus, circa 3rd century CE

Marble sarcophagus with the myth of Selene and Endymion. Both are seated. Selene turns toward him, her hand on his cheek as if she's about to kiss him. Two winged Erotes symbolise their love - and lust - for one another.

Greetings, Myth Lovers! Join us for Monday's theme: MEDITATION & CONTEMPLATION. Which myths feature a form of meditation, contemplation, concentration, or reflection? Write out your story and use the hashtag for boosts. If joining from : follow @ap.brid.gy so we can interact with your posts. See you on Monday! 🙏

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Photograph of a row of stone statues of praying Buddhas.

It's the / Sol's Day / ! ☀️

"Golden Titan [Helios the Sun], whose eternal eye with matchless sight illuminates all the sky. Native, unwearied in diffusing light, and to all eyes the object of delight."
Orphic Hymn 8 to Helios

🏛️ Roman silver and gold finger ring, circa 2nd century CE

Photograph of a finger ring against a black background. The solid hoop flat on the interior is rounded on the exterior and expanding to the broad angular shoulders. The bezel is centered by a relief radiate bust of Helios in profile to the right, framed by raised bands. The face and hair of Helios are cut out of the sheet gold to reveal the silver below.

It's the / Jupiter's Day / Thorsday! ⚡

"And Zeus, when Prometheus had taken fire and given it to men, put him in chains."
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4.15.2

🏛️ Zeus and Ganymedes in The Theft of Fire by Christian Griepenkerl, 1878 CE

Oil painting of Zeus and Ganymede asleep on a cloud, Zeus' eagles with its head tucked under its wing, while Prometheus steals fire from Zeus' thunderbolt. His actual thunderbolt, it's not a euphemism.

A late Day of Hermes and post 🐏

"Hear me, Hermes, messenger of Zeus, son of Maia.
Almighty is your heart, O lord of the deceased and judge of contests.
Gentle and clever, O Argeiphontes, you are a guide whose sandals fly,
And a man-loving prophet to mortals.
You are vigorous and you delight in exercise and in deceit."
Orphic Hymn 28

🏛 on a roof in Chalkis, Euboea, Greece
📸 Herbert List, 1937


Marble sculpture of Hermes atop a roof. His upper body is missing but he can be identified by his winged sandals. A himation is draped around him but it goes underneath his bottom, letting us peek at his shapely buttocks.