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Male lovers of Apollo (1 C, 12 P) This page was last edited on 4 December 2022, at 13:01 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Male lovers of the Greek god Apollo. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. A. Adonis (1 C, 40 P) Pages in category "Male lovers of Apollo"
Pages in category "Female lovers of Apollo" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Later, Apollo entrusted his son to Chiron, the wise centaur, who trained him more in medicine and hunting. [16] [10] Apollo kills Coronis, 1590 engraving by Hendrick Goltzius. According to a different version, Coronis gave birth to her son in Apollo's temple in the presence of the Moirai. Lachesis acted as the midwife. Apollo named their son ...
[6] [7] Embarrassed, Apollo revealed his divine nature. In order to persuade Branchus to abandon the herding and accompany him instead, Apollo guaranteed the safety and promised a supply of good grazing to the flocks. After they became lovers, Apollo taught Branchus the mantic arts. Apollo also looked after the flocks while Branchus practiced ...
Chrysothemis was the daughter of Carmanor of Crete, the priest who purified Apollo and Artemis after the killing of Python, a chthonic serpent deity that presided over the Delphic oracle. When Apollo slew the serpent at the Delphi shrine, he claimed the site for himself. But, for his act of sacrilege, Zeus ordered him to be purified.
Tibullus describes Apollo's love to the king as servitium amoris (slavery of love) and asserts that Apollo became his servant not by force but by choice. [12] Apollo later helped Admetus win the hand of Alcestis, the daughter of Pelias, king of Iolcus. Alcestis had so many suitors that Pelias set an apparently impossible task to the suitors ...
Cyparissus was one of Apollo's many male lovers. One day that the two youths were hunting together, Cyparissus accidentally shot and killed his favourite deer, plunging him into deep grief. He begged Apollo to let him grieve for the deer forever, and Apollo granted his wish by turning him into a cypress tree, which to this day remains a symbol ...