#phorbas

[remixingreality]

[jejesoso]

We're here too...

Well now it's Pride Month, you know what that means?

Branchus, Hymenaeus, Phorbas, Hippolytus of Sycion, Cyparissus, Helenus, Admetus, Adonis: that we'll get more fan content with Apollo?

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[mostcuriousmythicist]

In Bacchylides’s Odes of Dythyrambs, he sings about Theseus when he first entered Athens whom is said to followed by two other companions.

The herald says that only two men accompany him, and that he has a sword slung over his bright shoulders .. and two polished javelins in his hands, and a well-made Laconian hat on his head with its fire-red hair.

Bacchylides, Dythyrambs 18.45-50

It’s never said who exactly these people are but I discovered that there are a few good candidates based off other traditions.

Theseus is described as having two comrades (verse 46). It seems probable that the allusion is to Peirithous and Phorbas, whom some vase-paintings associate with Theseus in the act of carrying off the Amazon Antiope. There is also a vase which gives him two companions in his encounter with Sinis and with Procrustes’.

Jebb, Richard Claverhouse, Bacchylides: The poems and fragments page 232-233

This is mostly speculation but it’s fun to think of Pirithous as having been with Theseus from the beginning even if he’s usually on his own st this time. Oh and also Phorbas too…even if no one knows who he is 🥲

[underrated-lovers-of-apollo-poll]

Round 1: Poll 11

*Please Read*

I advise everyone to read each contestant's story to get a well-rounded understanding of each entry. I urge you to not just vote for the one "you know best". I have everyone's stories/reasons why they should win under the cut.

Phorbas V Sibyl

Phorbas

Sibyl

(See Results)

Voting ended onDec 13, 2023

Propaganda:

Phorbas

What's The Love Story?

Phorbas was a Thessalian prince who saved the island of Rhodes from a snake plague. When he died, Zeus put him in the stars as the constellation Ophiuchus for Apollo's sake, and in Plutarch's Numa, he's put on the same level of beloved by Apollo as Hyacinthus and Admetus!

High praise^

Why Should They Win?

GAY LOVE

But also because-

GAY CONSTELLATION LOVE

But in particular, APOLLO HAS A CANONICALLY LOVER-TURNED-CONSTELLATION STORY AND PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT.

Sibyl

What's The Love Story?

In Ovid's Metamorphosis, Sibyl asked Apollo for as much longevity as there was sand in her hand, and in exchange they'd become lovers. Apollo did so, but she refused to follow through. Since she didn't also wish for eternal youth, she eventually withered away to nothing but a voice.

Why Should They Win?

Wish gone wrong :3

[my-name-is-apollo]

When you're competing for a girl but fall for the competition

[effulgentpoet]

mythology aesthetics

PHORBAS

In Greek Mythology, Phorbas was a shepherd who found the infant Oedipus on the hillside and ensured his survival to fulfill his destiny. A number of sculptures, ranging from the 14th to the 19th century, memorialize Phorbas' rescue of Oedipus. He might be the same as Phorbas, attendant of Antigone.

[nemfrog]

Tree spirits look down in horror. The life force oozes out of the downed man’s head. Energetic streaming from the sky. The standing fighter is Phorbas, described as “a bold boxer who attacked travelers on the road and was eventually defeated by Apollo.” 1615. Source. 

[jejesoso]

Knockout

Don't worry it's a different Phorbas, not the same that Apollo dated