I mean I SAY I love the ‘Enemies to Lovers’ trope but what I really MEAN is that I love the
‘Enemies to Resentful Allies In A Time Of Crisis to Grudging Mutual Respect to Growing Fondness Concealed By Snark to Hurtful Betrayal to Slow Reconciliation With A Greater Understanding Of Each Other to Strange But Solid Friendship to Unexpected Feelings In A Time Of Crisis to Denying Their Feelings While Growing Closer As Friends to Epiphanies Of Love In The Worst Possible Circumstances to Mutual Pining to Unbearable Sexual Tension to Lovers’
A person was saying once “I prefer the norse mythology, ‘cause they celebrated their gods by drinking a lot, having sex and doing a bunch of crazy stuff” and I was like “Excuse me, but have you heard about Dionysus?”
Anthologia Palatina 13.1 = Philip of Thessalonica (1st cent. CE)
Hail, Paphian goddess! For all mortals,
Whose lives are but a day, pay honor always
To your power, your immortal beauty,
And your majesty which breeds desire,
In all their beauteous words and beauteous works.
For you make known the honor you possess
To everyone, and everywhere on Earth.
Χαῖρε, θεὰ Παφίη· σὴν γὰρ ἀεὶ δύναμιν
κάλλος τ’ ἀθάνατον καὶ σέβας ἱμερόεν
πάντες τιμῶσιν θνατοὶ ἐφαμέριοι
ἐν πᾶσιν μύθοις ἔργοισίν τε καλοῖς·
πάντῃ γὰρ πᾶσιν σὴν δηλοῖς τιμήν.
Terracotta statuette depicting Aphrodite riding on a goose. Artist unknown; 3rd cent. BCE. Now in the Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich. Photo credit: Carole Raddato.
Pt. 1: https://sarahsspirits.tumblr.com/post/171280581687/pt-1-of-some-backgrounds-i-made-feel-free-to-use💕— Pt. 3: https://sarahsspirits.tumblr.com/post/171309650392/pt-3-of-the-theoi-backgrounds-thanks-for-the