hellenicappalachia:

winebrightruby:

Divine Couples: Hephaistos + Aphrodite

shining in the gleam of flames,
a god bringing light to mortals //
O Persuasion, whose joy is in the bed of love,
secretive giver of grace

(from the Orphic Hymns, trans. Athanassakis)

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