Gay apollo

Apollo, the god of sun and music, is considered the patron of same sex love, as he had many male lovers and was often invoked to bless homosexual unions. [3] He is also called "the champion of male love" by Andrew Callimach. [4]. The myth of Apollo and Hyacinthus, a well-known story from ancient Greek mythology, offers more than just a tragic tale of loss. At its core, this myth affirms the acceptance and importance of same-sex love, depicting a bond that crosses the usual lines separating gods and humans.

The love of Apollo and Hyacinth was celebrated in Sparta annually in a 3 day summer festival – the first day mourning the death, the next two celebrating the resurrection of the young man. Artemis The twin sister to Apollo, Artemis was the goddess of the hunt. By some accounts, she was an asexual virgin. However, others believed her to be a lesbian with several nymph and goddess lovers. Ancient gay and lesbian Greeks worshipped her as Artemis Orthia, a symbol of the LGBTQ+ community.

hermaphroditus. Not only is he important in this way, but Apollo is also quite crucial in queer history, as his romance with Thracian performer Thamyris is said to be the first recorded gay relationship between men in the entire records of history – at least in a mythological sense. Someone sent an ask in a passive aggressive tone asking if Apollo and Admetus were truly lovers in mythology.

We already have too many gay couples" I accidentally deleted it but I'll answer it in this post.

With all the evidences you need, anon. Apollo and Admetus were very much lovers. In love. Romantic love. They hugged and smooched and had sex and all. For introduction, Admetus was the king of Pherae, Thessaly who was known for his hospitality. When Zeus exiled Apollo from Olympus, for either killing Python or killing the Cyclopes, he served under Admetus as a herdsman for 9 years. Admetus treated Apollo well, and Apollo did him some solids as well - like saving him from Artemis' anger, saving him from death by tricking the Fates.

In older texts, the kind of relationship between them was not specifed, but starting from Alexandrian poet Callimachus 3rd century BC , the romantic nature of their relationship has been emphasised over and again.

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Here are a few things I wanna say:. I hope I don't need to explain this. Basically, Ovid is telling that when you're in love, you have to leave your pride behind and humble yourself, just like Apollo did for the sake of Admetus. He implies that Apollo was not forced to serve Admetus, but did it on his wish because he was in love. He continues and describes how Apollo domesticated himself because he was so.

The love described is what is called "Servitium amoris" - "Slavery of love". Because Apollo is now the slave of love. For the sake of Admetus, he did things that slaves would do. So you know, it's really not platonic. Nonnus, Dionysiaca. This is like, a huge thing. First of all, Apollo does this without any prompting from Admetus. Admetus never asks such a favor. If Apollo had to do it on his own, imagine how distraught he must have become thinking about his lover's death.

Second of all, tricking the Fates themselves into letting him go was a risky thing to do. He could have been punished again for that. Yet he did it. I mean, I'm not denying that friends can make sacrifices too, but like,,,,this isn't the case. It's like calling Achilles and Patroclus friends even after reading that Achilles wanted his ashes to be mixed with Patroclus'.

Why is it so hard to accept that?? Like,,,, umm???