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heyy i was wondering...

do u go with the version of the myth where helen willingly escapes with paris or the one where he kidnaps her?

tbh i think it wouldn't make sense if helen was kidnapped, because if paris "received" helen as a gift of aphrodite for choosing her, it's more likely that she made helen fall in love with him innit? i mean, i tried to go with the version where helen loves menelaus and everything but it's easier for me to imagine that she "wanted" to go to troy (and went back to normal when paris died?)

idk, what do u think about it?

I also prefer the account where Helen left with Paris willingly. Sure there was a divine influence trying to pair them together but I don't think she was completely brainwashed by Aphrodite either (because I don't believe that's how divine influence always works). Imo it's also definitely possible for her to fall in love with Paris while still having love for Menelaus. It doesn't have to be either this or that.

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We all need a little big hiatus sometimes, welcome back <3

Ahm... I don't want to bother so fast with dumb questions 👉👈 But i have this one when i was reading a Greek Mythology's blog (and i've been seeing this also in videos and others places): Was Apollo responsable from Thamyris's punishment? I saw many people saying that Apollo wanted to erase his rival in the love of Hyacinthus and he told the Muses that the guy boasted about being better than them, so that's why the Muses punished him. I've been seeing this on a video about greek mythology, a post about myths too, and in websites talking about myths, but i couldn't find any ancient source in which Apollo is related to Thamyris' disgrace. The only "ancient source" i found with both togheter in the Muses' contest is one vase painting when Apollo is present with the Muses.

The thing with "Apollo wanted Thamyris away from Hyacinthus" i think begin with a modern book about "queer greek relationships", as i saw... But people are taking as if did happened in ancient sources (just like the "Hestia gave her seat to Dionysus" wrote by Robert Graves, or the "Medusa was a priestess of Minerva", which i don't know when it started). Anyway, maybe you know better about it! Thanks!

I also haven't come across any versions where Apollo is involved in Thamyris' punishment in any way. It's most probably a headcanon.

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Sometimes Paris missed being Alexander..

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"When fair Apollo leaves Delphi's shrine and visits the altars of the north, Castalia's waters differ in no wise from those of any common stream, nor the laurel from any common tree; sad and silent is the cave and the shrine without a worshipper. But if Phoebus is there, Phoebus returned from Scythian climes to his Delphic tripod, guiding thither his yoked griffins, the woods, the caves regain their voice, the streams their life"

– Claudian, On the Sixth Consulship of the Emperor Honorius (trans. Maurice Platnauer)

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The Olympia Twins

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Apollo & Hyacinthus 🌞🦢💏

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This diva pulling up to a musical duel in a fabulous dress 😌✨

The musical contest between Apollo and Marsyas, Athenian red-figured pelike (400 - 300 BC)

If I was Marsyas I'd have forfeited and asked him to step on me.

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Happy pride!! Apollo Is having a beautiful day (and night)

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I've seen articles claim Adonis and Apollo had a thing. Is that true?

Thanks! -Ackerblade

It's been recorded so by a late source:

Ptolemy Hephaestion, New History Book 5 (summary from Photius, Myriobiblon 190) :

"Adonis, having become androgynous, behaved as a man for Aphrodite and as a woman for Apollon."

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Did you leave Tumblr? °^°

I miss so much your posts

I just took a break, i don't think I'll ever fully leave Tumblr haha. Don't worry, my apollo posting will slowly resume.

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This statuette of Leto and her twins makes me. very happy.

(Ivory statue, 7th-6th century BC)

Just look at Leto...so happy and peacefully spending time with children. Artemis is standing there in a fancy outfit and Apollo is just butt naked, playing with Leto's hair. I'm a big fan of arts that depict Artemis being slightly more grown up than Apollo so this statuette has it all.

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Tbh I think the Icarus/Apollo thing became popular only after people started shipping Icarus with the sun in general and because of heteronormativity they were making it a girl when if we're going by the mythos Icarus is in the sun would be a boy ( they also ship Icarus with Helios too )

Yeah I think it was a Tumblr post that blew up and like, honestly I don't mind crack ships at all. It's just annoying to see Icarus being shoved in the list of Apollo's actual lovers (this doesn't happen for Helios).

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Me when people bring up Icarus when talking about Apollo's mythological lovers

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The final chapter of My Heart Take Ahold of Me if finally finished!

Morning after scenes are kinda hard, it turns out, but I got it done. Now, which story do I work on next: Admetus goes to Delphi, or Admetus and Apollo go on another road trip (this time to ancient, ruined Pylos)?

I hope everyone enjoys!

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Did Euripides "hated" Apollo? I've been reading a book about ancient greek literature and when it talk about Euripides it said thay he had an adversion for the god Apollo, for how he is portrayed in his plays, but as far as i know, only in Ion he is portrayed in a negative light... He wasn't that bad in Alcestis for example...

I mean, I don't think that the way Euripides portrayed Apollo necessarily reflects how he actually felt about the god. We have to remember that the gods were not just characters to the Greeks, they were forces of nature. Just because playwrights used the gods as fictional plot devices in their plays to propagate their message/agenda, doesn't negate the fact that they also worshipped these gods. Euripides even served in Apollo's temple, apparently.

Besides, we have to remember that Apollo is actually praised at the end of play Ion. Athena talks about how Apollo had planned everything to make Ion the king of Athens, and even Creusa praises him despite being violated by him. So can one not make an argument that Euripides was asking the audience to trust in the gods, and actually praising Apollo? Euripides also had a habit of making his characters berate Apollo's prophetic abilities. Is it not possible that he was making a jab at the historic oracular practices in the Oracle of Delphi? I think it's a matter of perspective and interpretation. There's no way we can be sure of what Euripides truly thought of Apollo the god.

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I just wanted to say, I am so thankful for all the Apollo & Admetus content you posted here last year because I used your sources for my classical lit project and it was such a lifesaver!!

Ahh, I'm glad I was able to help you!