It's the #DayOfZeus / Jupiter's Day / Thorsday! 
"Zeus, king of the gods, grants you triumph, to kill Kyknos, and to strip away his glorious armour. But another thing I will say to you now, O best of all men. After you have robbed Kyknos of the sweetness of life, you must leave him where he is, and his armour with him, and yourself keep your eye on manslaughtering Ares"
Hesiod, Shield of Heracles
It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / Thorsday!
"Above the theater [Corinth] is a sanctuary of #Zeus surnamed in the Latin tongue Kapetolion [Capitolinus, Of the Capitol], which might be rendered into Greek Koryphaios (Of the Head)."
Pausanias, Description of Greece 2.4.5
#Jupiter's head crowned with laurel and ivy, sardonyx cameo, Musée du Louvre
It's the #DayOfHelios / Sol's Day / #Sunday! 
"#Zeus then sent #Hermes to Atreus and told him to get Thyestes to agree that Atreus should rule [Argos], if #Helios (the Sun) should journey backwards. Thyestes agreed, and Helios put his setting where he usually rose."
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca E2.12
#Prometheus, the creation of man, Roman relief
A commercial for Sendo's Heat Pumps. Tasked with Zeus' modeling, rigging, and animation.
This week we talked about the #mythology of the #constellation #Centaurus
While the main story is about the centaur Chiron, his story also intersects with Prometheus, who was punished by Zeus to have his liver eaten by an Eagle every day... truly nightmare fuel 
To learn more about these #myths, check out our #podcast episode here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/centaurus-myths-and-retconstellations/
"Zeus & Europe", collage art of mine from a few years ago, inspired by the ancient Greek myth.
And now, it's time for Europe to become what she can, free and powerful, without the need of the (wall street) bull. Let's stand on our own two feet.
It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / Thorsday!
"The surname Homagyrios (the Assembler) was given to #Zeus because in this place Agamemnon assembled the most eminent men in Greece, in order that they might consult together how to make war on the empire of Priamos [of Troy]."
Pausanias, Description of Greece 7.24.2
#Jupiter, Roman bronze figure from Paramythia, 100-199 CE
Die mythologische #Europa war eine levantinische Prinzessin, die von #Zeus in Gestalt eines Stiers übers #Mittelmeer verschleppt wurde.
Und, ja, ob eine EU-Mitgliedschaft von #Israel 
& des #Libanon 
samt der damit verbundenen Sicherheits- und Wohlstandsperspektiven Teil einer Friedenslösung sein könnte, wird in Fachkreisen längst diskutiert.
The first Hellenic Polytheist Temple in 1700 Years opens last week in Greece and was met with both religious and governmental pushback.
"Startup claims its Zeus GPU is 10X faster than Nvidia's RTX 5090: Bolt's first GPU coming in 2026"
The Zeus GPU seems like a ray/path-tracing specific solution, not a real-time gaming GPU. I imagine it would be useful for offline 3D rendering... which I can live with 
It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / Thorsday!
"If #Zeus still carried off mortal boys from earth to the sky to be cup bearer of the sweet nectar, an eagle would sooner have borne my lovely Agrippa on his wings to the service of the immortals,
Yes, by yourself I swear it. Son of Kronos, Father of the World, if you look on him you will at once find fault with the Phrygian boy [#Ganymedes]."
Anthologia Graeca, Epigram 12.194
Rome, 1st century BCE
It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / Thorsday!
"#Zeus sacrificed a bull to #Helios and to Ouranos and to Gaia; and in connection with each of the rites there was revealed to him what was the will of the gods in the affair, the omens indicating the victory of the gods."
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 5.71.2
#Jupiter of Cuma, second half of 1st century CE, National Archaeological Museum, Naples, Italy
#OTD is the #Diasia, an appeasement festival in honor of #Zeus Meilikhios (Kindly Zeus), which took place in the Attic countryside to welcome spring with solemn but joyful celebrations and honour the chthonic aspect of Zeus. There were night rites with sheep or pig-shaped bread or pastry offerings, sacrifices, feasting, dances and hymn chanting 
It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thursday!
"Then #Zeus no longer held back his might; but straight his heart was filled with fury and he showed forth all his strength. From Heaven and from Olympos he came forthwith, hurling his lightning: the bold flew thick and fast from his strong hand."
Hesiod, Theogony
#Jupiter, Roman bronze statuette, 1st century CE, Museu Episcopal de Vic
It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thursday!
"To Tros in turn there were born 3 sons unfaulted, Ilos, Assarakos, and godlike Ganymede who was the loveliest born of the race of mortals, and therefore the gods caught him away to themselves to be Zeus' wine-pourer, for the sake of his beauty, so he might be among the gods."
Homer, Iliad 20. 232
#Ganymedes abducted by #Zeus, Roman #mosaic from Sousse, Tunisia, 2nd century CE
It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thursday!
It was the #Theogamia on Monday, the anniversary of the marriage of Zeus Teleios and Hera Teleia.
"The Moirai (Fates) formerly united Olympian Hera to the King [Zeus] who governs the gods from the summit of his inaccessible throne. Oh! Hymen! oh! Hymenaios!"
Aristophanes, Birds 1720
My biggest question about #bears after our #astronomy & #mythology episodes on #UrsaMajor & #UrsaMinor was -- did bears ever have tails?!
Answer? Maybe back when Daddy Z was a baby 
Listen here for more bear fun: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/asterism-bear-creature-corner-plus/
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