Historically Accurate Offerings to the Theoi

hellenismossuggestion:

Zeus

  • Oak
  • Carnations
  • Olive branches
  • Styrax incense
  • Eagle, bull, swan images

Hera

  • Lilies
  • Peacock feathers or images
  • Pomegranate
  • Incenses
  • Cuckoo images

Athena

  • Olive branch/oil/fruit
  • Weavings
  • Myrrh incense
  • Perfume
  • Owl images

Apollon

  • Laurel
  • Red roses, sunflowers
  • Frankincense (manna) incense
  • Palm tree
  • Raven, swan, wolf, mouse, dolphin images

Artemis

  • Cedar, palm and cypress trees
  • Tokens of deer
  • Jasmine
  • Myrtle, white flowers
  • Frankincense (manna) incense
  • Amaranthus
  • Peanut
  • Wormwood
  • Deer, dog, bear, partidge, quail images

Hestia

  • Incenses
  • Chaste-tree
  • Pig images

Poseidon

  • Sea anemone
  • Myrrh incense
  • Pine
  • Bull, dolphin, horse images

Dionysos

  • Ivy
  • Grape vine
  • Pine
  • Styrax incense
  • Leopard, panther, donkey, bull images

Hermes

  • Tongue-shaped tokens
  • Rosemary, saffron
  • Almond tree and pine tree
  • Frankincense and styrax incense
  • Mint (for Kthonios epithet)
  • Cow, ram, hawk, turtle, hare images
  • Wild strawberry (purslane)

Ares

  • Bronze weapons
  • Frankincense (manna) incense
  • Swan, vulture, dragon/poisonous snake, owl images

Aphrodite

  • Roses, myrtle, anemone (poppy)
  • Quince
  • Apple, pomegranate

  • Perfumes and fragrances as incense
  • Dove, goose, sparrow, turtle images

Hephaistos

  • Daisies
  • Frankincense (manna) incense
  • Donkey, dog, crane images

Asklepios

  • Frankincense (manna) incense
  • Bread
  • Serpent, dog, goose, rooster images

Pan

  • Pine, beech trees
  • Fern
  • Wild flowers
  • Herbs burnt as incense and the smell of perfumes

  • Reeds
  • Goat, turtle images

Demeter

  • Poppy
  • Tokens of pigs
  • Styrax incense
  • Mint (for Kthonia epithet)
  • Wheat
  • Dove, bee, pig images

Persephone

  • Asphodel
  • Wheat

Hades

  • Pitchfork
  • Pomegranate
  • Daffodil
  • Styrax incense
  • Dried laurel leaves
  • Poplar, cypress trees
  • Mint
  • Daffodil

Hekate

  • Saffron
  • Rosemary
  • Garlic
  • Red Mullet
  • Amphiphon (candy)
  • Styrax incense
  • Dry laurel leaves
  • Oak
  • Ferret, dog, bull, lioness images

Source: LABRYS’ Hellenic Polytheism: Household Worship and Theoi.com