The Beeoi, or, the bees and the gods

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Bees have links with many gods and daimons in Hellenic Polytheism.

Honey is a common offering to the gods. Multiple gods have priestesses who are referred to as melissae, or bees. Bees have nursed even the most powerful of our gods, Zeus himself.

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Contents:

• Major gods
• Apollon
• Artemis
• Demeter & Persephone
• Zeus & Rhea
• Mousai
• Rustic gods
• Aristaios
• Pan & Priapos
• Nymphai
• Thriai
• Meliai

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