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10 Gods & Goddesses To Help Explain Modern Life

Alla Gonopolsky
6 min readJun 25, 2019
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The ancient Greeks worshipped a memorable roster of deities. Apollo, god of the sun. Dionysus, god of wine. Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty. Tales of these immortal beings helped demystify natural phenomena like why the sun rises or how we fall in love.

A few millennia later, we have more scientific means to explain the former and are still largely clueless on the latter.

One such clueless mortal has spent the last few months exploring the Greek islands, visiting sacred historic sites like the ruins of Delos and sampling enough local wines to make Dionysus proud.

I’m still no expert on Greek mythology, but perhaps it’s time for an updated list of gods and goddesses to help explain the confusing world we live in today. Worth noting: the ancient gods were neither good nor evil and frequently meddled in the lives of men to teach them lessons or even purely for sport.

So without further ado…

AFRODITE. Goddess of cultural appropriation.

Photo by Garry Mordor from Pexels. A stunning photo being used for satire, not judgment.

It’s a wonderful yet confusing time to be alive. We mash-up literally everything in culture. NFL teams…

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Alla Gonopolsky
Alla Gonopolsky

Written by Alla Gonopolsky

Binge traveler. Book author. Yoga teacher. World's Least Annoying Millennial.

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