Temple of the Twelve Gods

“Follow God”. The singular is distinctly odd in the context of historical Greek polytheism. It’s also masculine, which may denote any of several things. It may be that the original Greek, meant to be gender-nonspecific, uses the masculine singular both as specifically masculine and as gender-nonspecific. It may be that English can only do the same—observe: ‘goddess’ is always female; ‘god’, while typically masculine, may be feminine or gender-neutral; ‘gods’, the masculine plural, is also the gender-neutral plural. It may be that a specifically masculine deity is meant.

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I intend this community to be a virtual temple to the Twelve Olympians. I also intend this community to be a gathering-place for their followers. What that means in practice, I admit to not being sure.

I am curious what colors other people associate with each of the gods. My list—which seems to have sprung out of my head practically fully-formed—is as follows:

( Alex's list of colors associated with each of the Twelve )

Feel free to share your color associations or borrow mine.

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