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Incarnation of the Goddess: Ancient Greek Music and Myths. Theocharakis Foundation of Arts and Music. [ Ссылка ]

Musician and Classicist, Bettina Joy de Guzman, and storyteller Vasileia Vaxevani invite the community to walk a path that interweaves ancient Greek Music, poetry and myth with our contemporary essence.

Why are the mother goddesses of Ancient Greek myth— Rhea, Demeter, Leto, and Thetis— still relevant today? The simple answer is that we see ourselves reflected in them, and they in us. But what aspects, exactly, do we mean? They are the divine partners of gods, the mothers who birthed powerful beings, dangerous and chaotic to the ordered world and cosmos. Are we that important? Are we truly comparable to them? We are. Each of our worlds we create as women, mothers, or partners, or all the above affect other lives directly. Mothers create a world, a dynasty that lasts forever. Our actions— how we raise our children, how they model themselves after us, how we treat our families and members of our communities— will echo throughout time.


Program:

Each poem will unravel as storytelling and musical performance.

Vasileia will tell the tale of the goddesses in English, followed by Bettina performing excerpts of the Ancient Greek text with a replica Ancient Greek lyre.

After the performance, the audience can ask questions and post comments.


Songs and Myths

To Rhea: Orphic Hymn 14
To Leto - Orphic Hymn 35
To Demeter - Homeric Hymn 2
Thetis and Achilles - Iliad Books 1 & 9
To Gaia- Homeric Hymn 30
To Hygeia- Orphic Hymn 68


Orphic Hymn 14
TO RHEA,
(incense - aromatic herbs)

Mighty Rhea, daughter of many-faced Protogonos,
your sacred chariot is drawn by bull-slaying lions.
The sound of drums and cymbals, O frenzy-loving maiden,
is yours, and you are the mother of the aegis-bearing Olympian lord.

Illustrious and honored, you are Kronos' blessed consort
and you delight in the mountains and in the horrid
shrieks of mortals.
Strong-spirited Rhea, queen of queens, lover of the
battle din，
liar, savior, redeemer, first by birth, you are mother of gods and mortal men.
From you come the earth, the wide sky above, the sea and the winds. Ethereal and restless, come, O blessed goddess, as gentle-minded savior, bring peace and a wealth of possessions, and send death and mire to the ends of the earth.

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