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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"
Lovers, both male and female, of the Greek god Apollo. ... Male lovers of Apollo (1 C, 12 P) This page was last edited on 4 December 2022, at 13:01 (UTC). ...
Apollo's face turned pale as he held his dying lover in his arms. [17] He used all sorts of herbs and even tried giving ambrosia to heal Hyacinthus' wound, but it was futile, for he could not cure the wound inflicted by the Fates. [20] Apollo wept for Hyacinthus's death and expressed his wish to become a mortal to join the Spartan boy in his ...
[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 ...
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]
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 ...
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Crocus was a male lover of Hermes. One day, when the two were playing a game of discus, Crocus unexpectedly stood up as Hermes was throwing his discus, and ended up getting hit and dying. Hermes then turned his dead lover into the saffron plant. Cyparissus ("cypress") Cypress: Apollo or Silvanus: Cyparissus was one of Apollo's many male lovers.