Alexios's Profile

Hello and may the blessings of the Gods be on you! Come sit by the hearth for a while...

I'm a Greek Polytheist and on occasion a witch. I worship the Olympian gods and a handful of other "minor" gods on a daily basis such as Hypnos and Nike although I leave offerings to all the gods even if I seldom have dealings with them.

The first deity I ever "met" was Hypnos the Personification of Sleep, I hold him close to my heart. Although one musn't pick favourites. Through him I was introduced to the other Gods and began to find ways to honor them. In many ways the gods have made being a witch redundant for me. I hardly ever cast spells anymore I make offerings and pray to the gods instead.

I try to follow as many of the Delphic Maxims as I can and Arete, the virtue of striving for excellence in all things my favourite maxims being:

• (12) If you are a stranger act like one.
• (13) Honor the hearth.
• (27) Practice what is just.
• (43) Be accommodating in everything.
• (48) Be a seeker of wisdom.
• (52) Pray for things possible.
• (143) As a child be well-behaved.
• (144) As a youth be self-disciplined.
• (145)As of middle-age be just
• (146)As an old man be sensible.
• (147)On reaching the end be without sorrow.

"We are such stuff as dreams are made on and our little life Is rounded with a sleep." The Tempest.