#thamyris

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A few pages of comics 🌟 1-4

[echo-loves-flowerboy]

Apollo and the muses are secretly running some deadly ancient greek version of american idle and noone can convince me otherwise. How does this just happen on the regular???

Like Arachne was kinda stupid to have a weave off with Athena but at least noone after her tried that again??

[wishmemellon]

One of my thoughts is that Apollo wouldn't care had it been Thamyris that Hyacinthus had chosen instead of him. he would actually be happy, what angers him is Thamyris' hubris

but Thamyris is stupid, stupid enough to brag about being better than the muses

I actually wholeheartedly agree, and I hate when people make it seem like Apollo was involved with Thamyris’ punishment because he wanted Hyacinth for himself or something.

[chromyo]

Anticlea and her gay cousin (Thamyris)

[apollosgiftofprophecy]

I would like to ask you somethings about Apollo... I'm working in a project with him, and i'm using only ancient greek and roman texts... I'm still debating if i must use Dionysiaca, because is a bit late lol, but is interesting

Okey, my asks... I've been reading some things in Robert Graves' Greek Myths that i couldn't find in any ancient source and maybe you know more about.

First one is Daphne being an ancient goddess (and her story is similar to the Hyacinthus' one, a pre-hellenic god that merged into the cult of the new one). Is that true? I couldn't find anything... Besides we know that laurel were sacred to Apollo before her story.

Second... The Thamyris' punishment by the Muses was Apollo's fault, because he was an admirer of Hyacinthus. Apollo heared him boast that he was better than the Muses and he goes with them to tell it (in a evil plan to get rid of him), but i couldn't find anything too, in all the ancient sources, Apollo is not involved in that.

And the other... Apollo learned about mesure after his servitude with Admetus, and was then when he begin to spread the Delphic Maxims: Know Thyself and Nothing in Excess. Is that true?

Thank you <3

hiya anon!!!! I know the struggle of researching mythology for a project so I’ll do my best to point you in the right direction!!

I’m going to have to preface this first though with I’m not too sure with at least two of these, so I’ll ring up some friends at the end for their input!

Daphne

I’m not personally aware of Daphne being a pre-Hellenic deity like Hyacinthus was 🤔 everything I’ve read up about her origins and history connects her directly to Apollo, and like you said anon, the laurel itself was sacred to Apollo before her existence (I discussed this in my Lovers post as well as my own essay on Apollo’s origins, where I reveal that the laurel was also sacred to Aplu, Apollo’s Etruscan-Italian forebearer).

To be fair though, we do lack a LOT of information on her and her origins because her earliest creator, Phylarchus’s work, has been lost to history. It could be possible Robert Graves found a rare source for this, though I would advise that unless he cites a source (and it holds up! Sometimes modern writers can be finicky with that sigh), or one eventually turns up, I wouldn’t take it as fact. Would be cool though!

Thamyris

I’ve heard about this one before! What’s funny is that when I originally attempted some digging behind it, I too couldn’t pin down a source for it! Not even his wiki page makes a remark about Apollo being involved in it. It’s simply a case of a guy getting too big for his shoes and spouting hubris.

So honestly? I think this is probably a case of misinformation. Though if anybody knows of a source that backs this version up, that’ll be great to know 😊 (I shall summon The Hyacinthus blog for this matter mark my words hi Pen)

Delphic Maxims

Now this is interesting! Because originally I was like “now this one I have no idea on” UNTIL I remembered something a member of the ToA Discord said…that the Delphic Maxims — and specifically, “Know Thyself” is attributed to Apollo’s daughter, the first Pythia of Delphi — Phemonoe. Now, I have nothing to back this up SO I shall ring that mutual up! @literallyjusttoa would you happen to have any information about this on hand?

I don’t know much about the claim it comes from Admetus, though. So I’ll leave it here for anyone who’d like to take a crack at it!

time to summon the gang. unleash thy knowledge.

@gingermintpepper @gotstabbedbyapen @my-name-is-apollo @littlesparklight

[fleurbleedinghearts]

Apollo, to his grandson: Fuck Thamyris, all my homies hate Thamyris!

Helios, to his granddaughter: Medea you go sweetie! Grandpa's got your back no matter how many crimes you commit!

[jejesoso]

Artemis retellings part 3

Retellings really like to make female characters 17 years old

Sorry, but there was only the spanish version on Amazon

So it's inspired on the myth of Callisto but the protagonist is Polyboea

Thamyris is part of the story

Apollo talks to Artemis that not every woman wishes to be a eternal virgin

At some point she visits a temple of Hestia where a priestess says that Polyboea was chosen by Artemis or something like that

Of course the book goes with the stereotype that every lover Apollo had suffered a tragic end 🙄

Orion is mentioned

Well that's ridiculous

If the cover and synopsis feels familiar it's because

I posted about the prequel a while ago

It's terrible...

This one is also really bad

Cassandra is living with Artemis and some guy named Saber

Is Cassandra of Troy, reincarnated

"but Apollo had this knack for forgiving others that Artemis hadn't attempted to master. She preferred to nurse a grudge into a long, drawn out hate."

HUH????

Apollo LOVED to hold grudges and would refuse to forgive sometimes!

"She was the type of woman he always thought he'd marry, only she'd be one of his kind, and mortal."

The worst part is that I totally believe the writer would have Artemis getting married 😐

"Once he's accomplished what he'd set out to do, then she would be free to get her revenge on Cassandra and she would have her brother back."

Wait, she really thinks the remaining Olympians will let her go back home? 🤦‍♂️

This Leo guy is the lover of Athena. It's dumber than what you think

Greek deities can die here, through the Blade of Olympus- I mean Olympian Dagger

"Hecate, their sister, the mother of witchcraft, invented a potion that would strip an immortal of their power and turn them to stone."

But Hecate wasn't their sister?

This is Demeter and Hestia erasure

Hera is part of the plan to kill Zeus

Zeus had put some curse on Hades and Persephone that forbade them from leaving the Underworld

Looks ok

The quality isn't the best but I hope you can understand the text

[beehivedemocracy]

Yeah basically