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I'll start with Hyacinthus.
He was so beautiful that three Gods fell in love with him at once: Zephyrus, the God of the West wind, Boreas, the God of the North wind, Apollo, the God of the sun, and some random human named Thamyris.
Anyway, Hya-kun had great taste and decided to roll with Apollo, clearly the most attractive seme. Apollo loved him so much he hung out with him on Earth. Presumably they screwed a lot. One day they were playing with a discus and Apollo threw it so hard he split the clouds, and when Hya-kun went to catch it, Jealous Zephyrus blew a wind to send it off course; it killed Hya-kun. Probably instantly.
Apollo wept. He had a flower bloom from Hya-kun's blood, the hyacinth. Later on, he resurrected him, but I think that ruins the story.
Anyway, post gay myths. They don't have to be Greek.
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>>4867>>4868I'm aryt. Sorry for first seeing your post now
It's embarrassing, but I saw that you posted a pic of the Apollo temple at Bassae, and I fangirled so hard that had no idea how to reply lel >the Temple of Apollo Epicurius at BassaeI have read about this temple! It's the first thing I think of when hearing about Apollo's plague association, heh. I have mostly read about its unique architecture, not so much it's association with the plague, though it does get bought up when trying to explain certain architectural choices.
>this temple contains elements in a style more reminiscent of the archaic period, which some historians suspect was intended to evoke older religious traditions as yet another method of appeasing Apollo.Fascinating! I have never heard about this particular theory.
>In response, the Athenian people turned to religion far more heavily. Looking at it with modern germ theory in mind, we can say that there was no divine punishment involved. However, to the Athenians, unless they appeased the god causing this plague, they were going to keep dying.>The mere existence of this plague and its attribution to Apollo completely changed the Athenians' religious practices and the way they created art. All this is super interesting anon, thanks for sharing this!
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>>4657>how much of Greek mythology is derived from the depressing conditions of Greek societyI've been thinking about this for a while because I do realize how many myths are incredibly depressing but because I am not knowledgeable on the nation's history I hadn't dwelled too much on it until you mentioned it.