Understanding a Culture( Flavia)

[Terion, King of Ireland]

Terion was an Irishman and it was amazing that he had managed to find his way to Lesbos. Of course it was by no means or purpose of his own that he found his way there. Terion had been in conflict with the Romans and had been taken captive and taken into the great sea. However, the ship had been caught in a maelstorm and well, Terion ended up in Lesbos. Terion was lucky that he was rather well rounded in the languages of Europe and he spoke good enough Greek to not be killed when he washed upon the shore. Up onto this point Terion had been allowed to wander and interact with the Greeks freely. Terion had not weapon, had no means to defend himself. Apparently the Greeks didn't see him as a threat. In the two months that Terion was in Lesbos, he was trying to figure out their culture, trying to figure out what they believe and why they believed it. Terion of course had his own well founded and rooted. He believed in Thor and the Celtic gods. Terion found himself wandering near the temple of Hera, or at least that was what he thought it was. He was dressed in his loincloth and had his pouch of herbs with him, but beyond that , he had nothing. People walked past him, not saying anything, sort of treating him with a mild neglect. It was hard to find someone to talk to in this place, most thought they were mentally superior....they probably were.

[Flavia, Priestess of Lesbos]

Flavia looked out from the temple, having just finished her sacrifices and praying to Hera, a honoring Aphrodite, asking her for beauty and radiance. When she looked out she saw a forigener, hoping that he had good intentions. Other wise she would have to report him to the officials, but she had a special feeling that she shouldn't do that. She walked over the the man and asked him his name and where he had come from. "Good day sir! You don't look familar, but i mean to know you better! My name is Flavia, the priestess of Hera. I also honor Aphrodite, she is always a good goddess if a woman wants extreme beauty. Do you know any of this, you look totally confused at the words i am saying! If you don't mind me asking, where have u come from, you don't look greek, or anywhere near here?" She smiled at him, hopeing that he was as friendly as he looked. Judging by his body build, he looked like a warrior of some kind, muscular and handome looks made up his face and body.

[Terion, King of Ireland]

Terion was just minding his own business when a woman came out to greet him. Terion guessed by her attire that she was a priestess. He caught the words Hera and Aphrodite and recognized them as two of the gods these people worshiped. Some of the language she spoke he did not understand, but he stood there and smiled and tried not to seem threatening. This whole country was just weird. After she had shut up Terion tried to figure out what to say, trying find the words from her dialect that she understand, "I am Terion." Well thats good, he had gotten that far. "I am a traveler..." Ok, now where was he supposed to go. Perhaps this woman spoke his language. He doubted it, but priests were supposed to be well rounded in culture and trends. Maybe she did. "I am a Celt. Do you speak any language of the North?" Greece was in the south and was different than his language. Terion was in the North and could speak nearly all languages spoken there.

[Flavia, Priestess of Lesbos]

Flavia smiled, as she had suspected he was not around here, so she decided she would talk simply to be able to show him around and be able to talk with him as much as he wanted. " Hello Terion! I see that there might be some language barrier, but i will try my best to understand you, and to be understood! But i am learned in the tounges of the north a little bit. You can help me if u are willing, to speak more fluently!" Flavia smiled at him reassuring that she wanted to understand him. "What may i do to help you though?"

[Terion, King of Ireland]

What the heck was this woman saying? He caught the words, Terion and language, but beyond that he was a little rusty. He remembered something and the word understand and he looked at her facial expressions and hand gestures to try and figure out what she was saying. After a moment he nodded his head. She was asking him or telling him that she understood something about his language. He needed to go to his roots to talk to her, "Um," he pointed to the temple, "Are you a priestess?" Terion asked. He had to know words like priest and priestess because they were high standing and important in Greek society. "I would like to learn." Terion continued, hoping he had said everything right. His words were broken, but he was trying.

[Flavia, Priestess of Lesbos]

Flavia was mad at herself...duh he didn't understand her, so she strived to speak simpler...if possible. "Yes i am the priestess here....i honor Hera and Aphrodite...goddesses of love (she made gesture to her heart) and the home (she made her hands into a house shape). Where do you come from?" she made a questioning gesture and made her hands into another house shape. She took things slow, just to make sure.

[Terion, King of Ireland]

He knew how to answer where he was from, which was good. He knew his country's name and he knew that it was known among the Greeks. They had a thing about knowing everything about everything, which is why they were so powerful. "I am from the Gaels, Ireland, above Britons." Terion answered boldly. He was very proud of his heritage and where he came from. He had fought for his country for many years and had killed many romans. He had never fought a Greek because they had never attack him. He pointed to the temple. "I go inside?" He asked. He thought he had gotten that part out of the way. Now, he could read and write Greek well by now, it was just speaking it that was hard. He hoped he got everything right and didn't look like a fool.

[Flavia, Priestess of Lesbos]

"If you wish! Many vistors may be there...but if u like to! Can you read greek? If u can you can review some of the traditions that are written by me and someother of my collegues" She thought if he could read greek then he could understand more about the community and learn different things, toher then his homeland.

[Terion, King of Ireland]

She asked him something about reading and he figured that she was talking about reading something in Greek so he nodded his head. He could read the language, it was just that speaking it was difficult. Terion wanted to go into the temple as soon as he could. It was best not be outside after nightfall. He looked up at the sky for a moment and saw that the sun was going down and would pass behind the mountains in a short while. He looke dback at Flavia and he beckoned with his right hand for her to show him how to enter the temple. He didn't want to go in first because he didn't know the customs. He didn't know if there was an action he had to take before entering the temple. It was a good thing he was with a prietess that would know these things.

[Flavia, Priestess of Lesbos]

She nodded and motioned him to wipe his sandels on the rug that was beside the entrance of the temple...for clean reasons. The cleaning people had just come and she wished for the cleanliness would last a little bit before they ahd to come back and disturb the services. She motioned him to come in and to follow her to where the records were kept.

((i'll make a post for the record holding room thing!))

[Terion, King of Ireland]

Terion followed her to the building and when she beckoned for him to wipe his sandals, he did so with very little hesitation. Then, once he had done that he followed her, wondering where they were going. The temple was quite beautiful and it was something to be admired by any man that looked upon it. Lesbos was like that. Terion had found that it was very into culture, in religion, especially Hera and Aphrodite. He accounted that fact because there were mostly woman on this island. They were actually favored over men on this island and that was completely backwards to anywhere else in the entire world that Terion knew of. Thoughts went through Terion's head as he followed her, not saying anything, just letting her lead the way.

((Ok))