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apollosgiftofprophecy · 6 months ago

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I HEAR MY COMRADES HAVE GONE TO WAR IN REDDIT

I AM HERE TO PROVIDE AID (aka, sources for them to throw at the haters)

HERE IS MY ESSAY ON ALL OF APOLLO’S LOVERS

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FIGHT VALIANTLY MY FRIENDS

in the trenches rn cause the GreekMythology subreddit has suddenly decided they all hate Apollo now and that he is evil

several have said that he is evil because all his lovers end badly

Imagine your boyfriend dies and someone says that your evil because your boyfriend fucking died.😭😭😭😭

Not even all of them end badly it's like 5 and two aren't his fault it was Eros and Zephyrus and one, depending on the myth was Artemis not him who killed her for cheating

#greek mythology #it’s throwing hands time #apollo #ALSO—#another good thing to argue is that the myths aren’t “canon” to the actual Greek gods #and are instead reflections of their domains #ie Zeus is god of rain. rain = fertility. fertility = many children #another example: Zeus is king god. when religions merge he became “married” to the main goddess #(ie demeter leto ect)#how and why the kids come about is strictly made up by humanity and does not represent the actual god #plus there is political motivation behind some myths— such as Ovid

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