Agathos Daimon

pomegranateandivy:

aggressivedevotions:

THERE IS A FUCKING SNAKE GOD IN YOUR FUCKING HOUSE

I MEAN FUCK

WHY DOES IT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE SNAKES

OKAY INDY I’LL TELL YOU FUCKING WHY

BACK IN THE OLDEN TIMES

PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE RAID AND EXTERMINATORS AND BUG BOMBS AND MOUSETRAPS AND SHIT

AND THEY DIDN’T HAVE ANY REFRIGERATORS OR FREEZERS OR ZIPLOCS OR TUPPERWARE

THEY KEPT THEIR NON-FUCKING-PERISHABLES IN A STOREROOM IN CLAY JARS

SO I MEAN

SHIT, MAN, ALL SORTS OF PESTS BE UP IN THAT

MICE

RATS

ROACHES

FUCKIN’ WEEVILS MAN

IT’S NOT GOOD OKAY

SO

THEY KEPT SNAKES IN THEIR STOREROOMS TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE FUCKERS

AND IT WORKED

SO THEY WORSHIPPED THE SNAKE AS A GOD BECAUSE IT PROTECTED THEIR STUFF

AND THAT’S WHAT THE AGATHOS DAIMON DOES

HE PROTECTS YOUR SHIT

AND HELPS YOUR FAMILY HAVE HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY AND ALL THAT FORTUNE COOKIE CRAP

ALSO HE MIGHT BE ZEUS KTESIOS

OR ZEUS MEILIKHIOS

OR MAYBE SOME OTHER GOD

WHO FUCKING KNOWS

NOT THE ARCHAEOLOGISTS THAT’S WHO

BUT ANYWAY SNAKE GODS HELP KEEP YOUR STUFF SAFE

SO OFFER THINGS LIKE MILK AND HONEY

UNMIXED WINE

WHO THE FUCK MIXES WINE ANYWAY?

THE ANCIENT GREEKS, FOOL

BECAUSE YOU’RE A BARBARIC FUCKING LUSH IF YOU DON’T MIX WINE

I MAY OR MAY NOT BE A BARBARIC FUCKING LUSH

BUT THAT’S A TANGENT

THE AGATHOS DAIMON LIKES SMALL AMOUNTS OF UNMIXED WINE

ESPECIALLY AT PARTIES

BECAUSE IF YOU’RE RICH ENOUGH TO THROW A FUCKING PARTY WITH FUCKING WINE BEING SERVED LIKE HOW MARSYAS GOT SERVED BY APOLLO

YOU’RE RICH ENOUGH TO HONOR THE AGATHOS DAIMON

SINCE HE’S THE ONE HELPING YOU STAY THAT RICH

MAYBE JUST FUCKING SAY HI OCCASIONALLY

AND BE NICE TO NON-POISONOUS SNAKES THAT SHOW UP ON YOUR PROPERTY

BECAUSE THAT’S THE A.D. SAYING HI

ALSO BECAUSE THEY’RE PART OF YOUR FUCKING ECOSYSTEM AND PROBABLY EAT STUFF YOU DON’T WANT AROUND

DUMBASS

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