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A book aimed for the modern worship of Apollon by utilizing the arts of history and philosophy to understand how our forbearers knew him and how that relates to us today.

The worship of the gods of the oikos (household) was historically, and remains, the heart of Hellenic Religion. It is for this purpose that Volume Two of the Apollon: Worship and Prayer series be devoted to the regular worship paid to Apollon in his most common expressed functions within the pantheon of household deities. In this volume we explore epithets directly attached to his household cult, the historic worship practices given to him, and methods of implementing such in our regular household religious lives.

Queen of the Starry Heavens. Queen of the Gods. Bearer of the Lotus Staff. Bearer of the Pomegranate. Goddess of Marriage. Goddess of Women. Mistress of the Spring Rains. Mistress of the Golden Apples. Lady of the Cuckoo and the Peacock. Maligned in scholarship and modern popular culture as the shrewish wife of Zeus, Hera was much loved in ancient Greece. Worship of the Queen of the Milky Way spread from Argos to the sacred isle of Samos, from the mountains of Asia Minor to the shores of Carthage, from the hills of Rome to the banks of the Thames. The Protector of Women and the Guardian of...