#currently reading about the augurs and flamens ect

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Don't worry, you don't sound nitpicky! :3

I was unaware that Apollo only appears in Hyginus's telling! I heard that he was also in the version where Orion is chasing the Pleiades and Artemis has him set a scorpion on him after they are transformed into stars - but yeah, not even Orion's wiki page mentions that 👀

(Never heard about the discus one lol I have heard about the Eos one though!)

:3 I found out about Janus from a library book on Rome I have that I've had out for almost a year now oop. dw they know i have it i'm just taking a whiiiiile to take notes on it and it has a few sections dedicated to the Roman Religion - and not just the 'copy and pasting' of Greek Mythology, either! It talked about a lot of the major Roman gods who were very important pre-Hellenistic times, and Diana and Janus's marriage was one of those topics :3

I was aware of Diana'a triple-faced self, but somehow I never made the connection to Janus XD But it makes sense now that I know!

and ofc my Apollo hindbrain went 'Apollo is also a protector of arches and doorways asdfjkl'. ignore my obsession lmao

Don't you also tired about how people says that Apollo is a bad and cruel brother to Artemis for what "he did" with Orion? Even when that love story with Artemis and Orion happenned in the Astronomica by Higinus (a roman poet) and in the earlier versions of the myth Orion was killed by:

Gaea who sent the scorpion to kill him because he said that he could kill all the animals in Earth

Both (Artemis and Apollo) because the same thing with the animals but Gaea sent the twins to kill him and they sent the scorpion

Artemis because Orion tried to assault Oupis

Artemis because Orion tried to assault herself

Artemis because Orion was bothering her nymphs

Oh definitely! I was never on board with Orion being 'the only man Artemis ever loved' bullshit (that's Apollo ty).

I don't tend to discount the Roman myths, but since Hyginus's is VASTLY outnumbered by, as you said, these other five versions...I think we can ignore it.

*shakes Hyginus* WHY DID YOU DO THIS. WHY. YOU HAVE SINGLE-HANDEDLY CAUSED DIANA/ARTEMIS'S WHOLE CHARACTER TO BE REDUCED TO A STEREOTYPE.

like. okay, history time:

Diana, pre-being-mixed-with-Artemis-times, WAS married to Janus. So I may be able to excuse this IF Hyginus was referring to THIS Diana.

HOWMEVER. Hyginus is writing about post-conflation Diana/Artemis. Who was NOT married to ANYONE because Virgil describes her as pretty similar to Artemis - including being a virgin goddess.

This is clearly NOT the older Diana. So no, he's not making some sort of connection or something here.

And as for the 'omg Apollo is a TERRIBLE brother!' thing - YOU ARE SO RIGHT IT'S SO ANNOYING.

WHAT'S MORE IS THAT SAYING THAT IS HYPOCRITICAL BECAUSE ARTEMIS HAS KILLED AT LEAST TWO OF HIS LOVERS!

Coronis for cheating on him, and Chione for claiming to be prettier than her! Like. HELLO. so even if we DO go with the 'Apollo killed Orion so Diana won't marry him' thing, SHE STILL KILLED TWO OF HIS LOVERS TOO!

Calling him a terrible brother for that means she's DOUBLELY a bad sister.

Of course, I don't subscribe to either side of this😇 They are RIDE OR DIE for each other (as you pointed out in version 2 where Artemis asks Apollo to kill Orion). They buddy-copped Orion there, as they deserve too <3