#(ie demeter leto ect)
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The rants I have locked and loaded for this.
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#apollo#it’s throwing hands time#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#Expanding off of that#Most of the myths and the vile things that happened were just because of the sexist and flawed Ancient Greece.#But that wasn’t even their problem with them??#Like because his lovers died?#WHAT#And the Daphne thing.#Eros is a more ancient deity.#Depends on who you ask#But yeah in multiple tellings of the creation myth#Eros is literally one of the ones to be created by Khaos#At the start#Of the universe mind you#Eros is less controlled love if that makes sense#It’s driven by pure desire and not really love you can surpress#As another person said#Apollo was driven mad with lust#Not love#My man’s couldn’t think straight.#He was not anymore willing than Daphne.
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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
(AO3 Version)
(Tumblr Version)
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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