Antinous the Gay God · @antinousgaygod
140 followers · 1014 posts · Server social.anoxinon.de
🪷In Sparta when the hyacinth wilts in June, Spartans observe the #Hyacinthia commemorating the death of #Hyacinthus by #Apollo's discus blown awry by jealous #Zepherus, a metaphor for tragic sudden death of #Antinous-like youths ... then and now. More: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-hyacinthia-festival-honors-antinous.html 🪷
#hyacinthia #hyacinthus #apollo #zepherus #antinous
Antinous the Gay God · @antinousgaygod
140 followers · 1013 posts · Server social.anoxinon.de
🪷In Sparta when the hyacinth wilts in June, Spartans observe the #Hyacinthia commemorating the death of #Hyacinthus by #Apollo's discus blown awry by jealous #Zepherus, a metaphor for tragic sudden death of #Antinous-like youths ... then and now. More: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-hyacinthia-festival-honors-antinous.html 🪷
#hyacinthia #hyacinthus #apollo #zepherus #antinous
Lparker · @lparker
101 followers · 491 posts · Server home.social
The forgotten flowers of the lawn. #dandelion #hyacinthus #EvergreenViolet
#dandelion #hyacinthus #evergreenviolet
marcas · @marcas
167 followers · 127 posts · Server mastodon.scot
Been thinking about these two.
All night, in fact - it's been one of those sleepless, muse-led nights, when the song just has to be written.
Madelief en Leed 🏳️🌈 · @MadeliefEnLeed
166 followers · 1637 posts · Server troet.cafe
🇳🇱 Goedenacht, slaap zacht. #Hyacint #MijnTuinLeeft
🇩🇪 Gute Nacht und schöne Träume. #Hyazinthe #MeinGartenLebt
🇬🇧 Good night, sleep tight. #Hyacinth
🇨🇿 Dobrou noc a sladké sny. #Hyacint
#Hyacinthus
#hyacinthus #hyacinth #MeinGartenLebt #Hyazinthe #MijnTuinLeeft #Hyacint
わか · @wakakikumst
24 followers · 486 posts · Server mstdn.jp
AncientPLay · @AncientPLay
72 followers · 77 posts · Server mastodon.worldI just saw that the #Wikipedia entry for #Hyacinthus opens by calling him “gentle and clever”, and my opinion as a professional classicist is that Hyacinthus wrote that.