![]() ![]() This rule does not preclude spirited debate and intense criticism however, threads that have gone beyond the scope of debate and devolved to the point of only personal attacks will be subject to the issuing of warnings or bans. Racism is an instantly, permanently bannable offense. No hate material, submissions or comments, will be accepted. ![]() Repeat offenders will be in consideration for removal from this space. Racism or bigotry in any form is not allowed and will be removed. If you need anything, or your post has been caught in the spam filter, please message the mods. Click the “(edit)“ next to your username to type in your customized flair, if you'd like. We have instituted text flair for users to denote their religio-spiritual-philosophical background customized to their own preferred specificity. We strive to be a virtual hub for our community. We are also in the process of correlating a series of useful links to organizations, festivals, and other resources that are useful to our members. We encourage interesting links of topics and discussion, as well as fervent debate. Central to Hellenism is the universal desire to achieve and satisfy the human striving, or telos, for eudaimonia (Latin: Felicitas), the divinely inspired contented state of having a good indwelling spirit in which we are healthy, happy and prosperous. The term Hellenism was first coined in its proper religious sense by the blessed Emperor Flavius Claudius Iulianus Augustus to refer to the general entirety of Graeco-Roman tradition as it was fundamentally derived from the Greeks, or Hellenes. Beginning during this time, Hellenic culture and practices would be spread by Alexander’s successors, the Diadokhoi, and later on eventually Rome, leading Hellenism to become the dominant religion of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. However, this process of non-Greeks becoming Hellenes truly flourished on a global scale during what contemporary historians call the Hellenistic period, an era which began following the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE. Hellenism proper is Minoan-Mykenaian in its origins, and it came to be the practiced not only by those who were born Greek by genos, but also by other peoples that came to shaped and/or influenced by the Hellenic ethos and, ultimately, adopted the Hellenic ethnos. ![]() Hellenism (Greek: Ellinismós, Latin: Hellenismus), also less frequently called Olympianism (Greek: Olympianismós, Latin: Olympianismus) or Dodekatheism (Greek: Dodekatheïsmós, Latin: Duodecimdeismus), is the traditional polytheistic and animistic orthopraxic religion, lifestyle, and ethos of the ancient Graeco-Roman world, and is the indigenous religion of the common Greek and Latin cultural sphere. Welcome to /r/Hellenism, a subreddit for links, discussion, and fostering community (both online and in-person) in the broader umbrella of contemporary Hellenism, the polytheistic orthopraxic religion of the classical Greek and Roman world(Including areas that were Hellenized but not generally seen as Hellenic regions specifically.) r/Hellenism Discord Server (Temporarily Closed): Come join the discussion in real time! ![]() I scanned Hypnos in the British Museum using Autodesk 123D Catch, printed it in PLA on a MakerBot Replicator, and coated it in bronze with a blue-green patina in an attempt to make it appear as old and hypnotic as the original.What is Hellenism?: Click here to see our comprehensive definition of Hellenism! The whereabouts of Lawrence’s Hypnos are unrecorded, but a friend of mine has good reason to believe he owns it (but that’s another story), so I’m in a bit of a friendly competition to get one of my own-and now I have it. He wrote to a friend: “nothing, not even the dawn-can disturb me in my curtains: only the slow crumblings of the coals in the fire: they get so red & throw such splendid glimmerings on the Hypnos.” He also wrote “I would rather possess a fine piece of sculpture than anything in the world.” Lawrence (“Lawrence of Arabia”) passed through Naples and wrote a friend “The bronzes in the Naples museum are beyond words.” Lawrence visited a Neapolitan bronze foundry and bought a cheap, flawed freehand copy of the bronze Hypnos head now in the British Museum. In 1909, when he was on his way back from a tour of Syria, T. The whole package makes for a remarkable artifact of otherworldliness which has spoken to people across time. The subject: the god of sleep, father to Morpheus, god of dreams-the design: the piece’s odd asymmetry, the single wing, and the missing wing, the ambiguous gender. But if there are sculptures that resonate with and might be able to communicate some of that weirdness, the ancient bronze Head of Hypnos in the British Museum is one of them. Like a dream, it needs to be experienced to be appreciated. There’s something surreal about the whole scan/edit/print process that’s hard to describe. ![]()
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