THERE IS A HIDDEN ENDING TO APOLLO AND HYACINTHUS MYTH!!! in Spartan culture, Hyacinthus is eventually resurrected by Apollo and attained godhood. he became a chthonic god of vegetation, the transition to adulthood and the cycle of life and death in nature. he even share a temple with Apollo in Sparta. they did have a happy ending together my flower boi is alive and well!
Yes! I have read about it as well, but I decided to stick to Ovid's telling. Now that I think about it I should've mentioned it in the videi haha, Thank you for summaring it up here! ❤️
As somebody who worships Apollo, I'm glad there are others who know about the Apotheosis of Hyacinthus. I regularly offer prayers to them both as the primordial divine queer couple, especially now that it's Pride Month, which I know is not when the Spartan festival (Hyacinthia) was celebrated but it just feels right to celebrate and their love, their tragedy, and their reunion over the month where we celebrate queerness and the power of love.
Actually, Zephyrus was an important character in this story, Zephyrus was one of Hyacinthus’ suitors, but ultimately failed, so when Hyacinthus was chasing the discus, Zephyrus blew it back to Hyacinthus’ head, wounding him fatally, Apollo tried everything he could, but it was too late, so he turned him into the Hyacinth, to preserve his life and beauty.
Hello! (: I mentioned it in the description - My source is Ovid's Metamorphoses which didn't mention Zephyrus. There are many versions of the story and I just chose this one :D
Imagine being a god and challenging your own lover and KILLING THEM WITH YOUR OWN HANDS Oh the irony Your voice is so soothing, yet you make a great deadpan delivery! I love the character design of the narrator too. I shall go binge watching all your videos
@@zaireetoi appreciate that cause even though we are talking about Greek gods, i don't think he would date hsi own nephew (Clio is one of Apollo's half-sisters)
Me yelling at Apollo: You are a muddafooking God! Go to your goth uncle and his pastel wife and ask for your man’s back! Pull a frickin Orpheus and go get him! In all seriousness I want someone to rewrite this story where Apollo gets him back and they live happily ever after…. Assuming Zeus doesn’t try to steal his son’s boyfriend….. let’s be honest that’s something he’d do.
Hahhaa i mean these are oral stories :D As someone mentioned in the comments below, there are versions where Hyacinthus survives :D (And you can always write your own story as well 👀)
@@zaireeto ..... Wait so the god with at this point negative rizz finally gets someone who actually likes him back. I'm so happy rn. I'm not really a writer but I will become one if it means I could give them a happy ending.
@@zaireeto Well I guess he's not so tragic. She did have kids with him. Wait how did bathing tragic happen from that interaction, this is Greek mythology something tragic always happens. Greek myths can have happy endings? Cool.
Wait, Hyacinthus was killed by Zephyrus, who I think was the god of wind. He was jealous that Hyacinthus chose Apollo and did the whole "if I can't have him no one can" thing. So, when Apollo threw the disk, Zephyr blew it in Hyacinthus's direction and bonked him on the head with it so hard it killed him.
Hello, it has Greek origins! Even tho I source from Ovid, I decided to just put Greek in the name as it reads easier than Greek/Roman or Graeco-roman. (Something like when I only say Czech folktale instead of Czechoslovakian or Czech/slovak) (:
@@zaireeto What I'm trying to say is that there is a difference between Greek and Roman myths, if I was to make a video about Aeneas and used Virgil as my source I wouldn't call it Greek mythology, just because Aeneas appears in Homer's epics as well. References of this myth are in the works of Ovid, Philostratus, Nonnus, Lucian of Samosata and Maurus Servius Honoratus, all of which come from the Roman Imperial Era. Therefore to suggest that the myth is Greek, is just not true, since the only Greek thing about this myth are the names of the characters. If you want to talk about the origins of the myth however, then it becomes a completely different story, since Hyacynthus was worshiped as a minor deity before the cult of Apollo came to be, while later on (when the cult of Apollo grew in the region) the two of them were merged into one figure called Apollo Hyacynthus "Απόλλων Υάκινθος" or Hyacynthian Apollo "Υακίνθιος Απόλλων". I understand that it might be easy in the eye as a title, but if you're aiming at mythological accuracy it would have been better to put "Roman myth" (since Greco-Roman seems too much). However if you're aiming at attracting more eyes and getting more views; and you don't really care about the accuracy of the myth, then "Greek" works too (since it is widely viewed as Greek by most people). Anyway, I wish you a wonderful day and take care!!!
@@davidmoore3661It was never my intention to spread misinformation or anything like that and I see your points. I have changed the names into Myths as I am not sure if I will always source from Ovid (I am still trying to figure out the way i make videos) I hope that is a good common ground for this. Thanks for the criticism and I will try to dodge similiar problems in the future! My goal is to make the stories accessible and fun for everyone (:
