[Greek Mythology] Beside the Throne

The sky is clear without a trace of cloud, and the sun is shining softly across the earth.

Artemis led the nymphs to chase prey in the mountains and forests, and the wind blew her hair, revealing her beautiful face.She looked intently at a doe foraging for food under a beech tree. She was about to raise an arrow to shoot at the prey but was preempted by others.

Who dares to snatch the prey of the Goddess of Hunting, the beloved daughter of God King Zeus?

"Phobos!" cried the boy joyfully, and he shot the doe.

Hyacinthus got off his horse, took the silver bow that Phobos had given him, and ran towards the wailing prey, but he saw a silver-haired girl looking at him from the side of the prey, with those elk-like eyes shining through. A look of surprise.

Hyacinthus, who was excited about catching his prey, didn't notice this. He smiled brightly at the girl, revealing a row of white and beautiful teeth, and his facial features were very similar to that person.

However, the person in his memory has always been cautious in his words and deeds and rarely smiled so heartily. The smile of the young man in front of him was something Artemis had never seen before.

She was about to ask who the young man in front of her was, but she saw a person walking out of the woods where the young man came from.

He walked slowly leading the white steed, and his gestures and movements were all the best examples of elegance.The curly blond hair fell on both sides of the shoulders, and the blue eyes were as gentle as the waves of the sea under the sun, but at some point, a layer of melancholy quietly covered his eyes, causing those who admired him to look at him. Heartbreak.

Apollo saw his younger sister Artemis who was standing still.

Did not expect to be able to meet.Apollo smiled helplessly.

"Al." Apollo said to the Huntsman, walking towards her.

Hearing his lover calling the girl's name, the sensitive Hyacinthus looked back at them, and then said to Apollo, "Do you know each other?"

"She is my sister." Apollo explained to his lover.

"My name is Cynthia, you can also call me Al." Artemis introduced himself to the boy.

Apollo looked at this scene, as if everything had returned to the beginning.

That's what Al told Ganymedes in the seaside palace in Troad.

Seeing Apollo's lonely face, Artemis suggested returning to her palace.

In the palace of the Hunting Goddess, there are beautiful nymphs in white clothes.

They brought freshly picked fruit to the two distinguished guests, and served them on golden platters for Apollo and Hyacinths.

Hyacinthus looked around curiously, and the innocent look on his face made one have to love this handsome young man.

Hyacinthus' mother was Cleo, the Muses in charge of history and heroic poetry, and his father was Pierros, King of Macedonia.

After he was born, he was favored by the people in the palace, not only because his mother was a noble god, but also because of his appearance.

When the prince of Troad was plundered to Olympus by the king of gods, no one was more beautiful than him.But Hyacinthus did it.

The poets praised him as they praised the beautiful Ganymedes many years ago.

He grew up in the palace, and Muse Cleo often came to see him in the world because he hated Hyacinthus.

Once, to visit his mother unexpectedly brought another person, that is his teacher Phoebes.

For the arrival of Phobos, Hyacinthus initially refused.Just like every child spoiled by his parents, he is unwilling to let him learn history riding and archery one day when he is used to doing whatever he wants in the palace.But under the persuasion of Cleo and Pierros, Hyacinthus agreed to study with Phobos and become his student.

At first Phoebus took out a silver flute and taught him music.

After many attempts, Hyacinthus still couldn't blow a complete tune.After that, Phoebus never taught him the flute again.It was also at that time that he saw disappointment in Phobos' eyes.

Perhaps it was just this look that Hyacinthus fell in love with him.

After that, Hyacinthus repeatedly asked Phobos to teach him the flute but was refused.After several refusals, Phobos couldn't help but took out the lyre that Ganymedes was not good at playing.

This time, Yacintos studied very hard, probably because his mother is a god of literature and art, so he mastered the lyre skill without any effort.

When Hyacinthus played a beautiful and moving lira, Apollo confirmed that Hyacinthus was not the one he was looking for.

"I collected the pieces of the water bottle and tried to revive him, but Psyche, the goddess of soul, told me that there is no soul in Ganymede's body." Apollo looked at the courtyard and played with the nymphs The boy's eyes were gentle but worried.

"Did the Empress kill Ganymede's soul?" said Artemis.Only the jealous goddess of marriage, Hera, wanted to put Ganymedes to death.

"I don't know." Apollo shook his head.

Even if you know, what can you do? Can you settle the score with Hera?This is impossible.Even if Hera sent the snake to kill their mother Leto when he and Artemis were not born, but now even if he and his sister are the main gods of Olympus, they can only bow their heads to her and call her His Majesty.

Tianhou shares half of the power of the god king, and all the gods must respect her.

"Psyche searched all the souls in the world under my prayer but couldn't find Ganymede. After that, I threw the fragments of the water bottle into the sea of ​​stars."

After listening to Apollo's words, Artemis frowned.She looked at Hyacinthus, who looked almost identical to Ganymedes, and said, "Then who is he?"

"Son of Cleo and the king of Macedon among men."

"I also thought he was the reincarnation of Ganymede at first, but it's not."

"Then you know he's not Ganymedes, so why do you want to provoke him?" Artemis said.

Facing his sister's words, Apollo couldn't even respond for a moment.

Yes, if Hyacinthus had nothing to do with his resemblance to Ganymedes, why would he bother with him?

Apollo, who bowed his head in thought, couldn't see his own heart clearly.

He started to panic.

Finally, Apollo bid farewell to Artemis and left with Hyacinthus.

Artemis hadn't seen Apollo since the feast of Ganymedes' death. She didn't expect her brother to be doing these things.

Did he really fall in love with Ganymede?He was just a mortal, and now a Hyacinthus came out...

Artemis took her beloved bow and arrow and wiped it with morning dew until it glistened. She was thinking about Apollo and Hyacinthus, but her face was puzzled.

A hunting goddess who doesn't understand love will naturally not understand this.

Leaving the temple of Artemis, Apollo took Hyacinthus by the hand and walked through the forest.

Apollo never revealed his identity in front of Hyacinthus, but he knew that Phobos was not an ordinary person without mentioning Hyacinthus, as he could tell from his mother's admiration for Phobos.

Hyacinthus was smart but didn't show it. He pretended to be ignorant and approached Apollo in an attempt to get his love, and finally he got it.

However, in the eyes of Phobos, Jacintos found that he was looking at others through himself.

What he likes is not himself.

Hyacinthus knew that the one he loved loved someone else and used him as a substitute, but he didn't show it or even asked Phobos.

He evaded his own heart and tried to convince himself, but one day Zephyrus, the god of the west wind, came to his palace and told him that Phobos loved someone else.

"Yacinthos, do you know his identity? If he likes you, why didn't he tell you who he is?" Zephyros said deceptive words.

"You can't talk about me and him!" Hyacinthus hated this god.

He had seen the God of West Wind.Before meeting Phobos, Zephyrus had courted him, but Hyacinthus refused.

Seeing the boy's cheeks flushed with anger, Zephyros became even more infatuated with this beautiful boy.

He is so beautiful that people want to have it. How can Zephyros accept being rejected by Hyacinths and then watching him fall into the arms of the God of Light?

"Do you know why he likes you? Because you look like his former lover, Ganymedes!"

Ganymede!

Hyacinthus had heard this name in a long poem chanted by a poet, and he remembered that Ganymedes was a boy who was brought to Olympus by Zeus, the king of gods.

"What are you talking about!" Hyacinthus yelled at Zephyros.

What did Ganymedes do to Phobos? !

"Maybe others don't know, but I am the god of the west wind. I know their secrets wherever the wind passes."

"Apollo, the god of light, pretended to be a mortal and approached Ganymedes, the prince of the Troad Kingdom, in order to gain his love, but the young man was taken by the god king."

"Poor boy, the queen who was burned with jealousy after going to Olympus turned into a water bottle and smashed to pieces."

"You, Hyacinthus, are just a substitute for Ganymedes, and it is not you that Apollo really loves!"

Zephyros looked at the beautiful boy whom he loved in the past with a mocking smile and said again. Those words pierced Hyacinths' heart like a sharp knife, telling him that Phobos loves someone else.

"You still don't know, what Phobos, his true identity is the eldest son of Zeus, the god king, Apollo, the god of light!"

After saying this, the God of West Wind walked away in satisfaction, watching Hyacinthus's beautiful face gradually pale.

He can't get it, and others don't have to think about it!

I was delayed because I had to deal with things in the Temple of Light, and I didn't arrive at the palace of the Kingdom of Macedonia until now.Inside, I saw my lover Yacintos who had been separated for several days.

Apollo kissed Hyacinthus on the forehead like a feather falling down.

"What's the matter with you, my boy." Apollo took Hyacinthus's face exactly like Ganymedes's with both hands.Apollo often looks at him and thinks of the dead Ganymedes in a trance.

He did not know whether he liked Ganymedes or Hyacinthus, or perhaps neither.

That glimpse of his youth was his first love.

"Let's go to the beach to play." Hyacinthus didn't answer Apollo's words directly, but changed the subject.

Seeing that Hyacinthus was not in a good mood, Apollo didn't pay much attention to it. He thought that the young lover was just a little awkward because he had been away for too long and didn't accompany him.

He smiled and agreed to Jacintos's proposal, but he didn't expect that this trip to the sea took Jacintos' life.

Apollo watched Hyacinthus's face turn white due to blood loss, but his lips were dyed bright red again due to the blood he spit out.

The sharp contrast between the two colors is like the feeling of being covered with snow, and only one rose is still delicate and beautiful among the withered flowers everywhere.It makes the boy's pretty face look even more beautiful and beautiful.

Yacintos' eyes gradually blurred, and all the strength in his body seemed to be taken away.

But his hands were still tightly grasping Apollo's clothes, and he tried his best to ask Apollo, "Am I really the substitute of Ganymedes?"

While speaking, the blood dripping from his lips and teeth stained his clothes red, while the blood gushing from the hideous wound on his forehead soaked the grass under him.

Apollo used his divine power to save Hyacinthus' life, but human life is controlled by the goddess of fate. When she cuts the spinning thread of life, even the gods have no effect.

"Did you never love me..." Yacintos said in a low voice, his voice was soft and tender with the voice of a teenager, just like being coquettish with others.

Sometimes in order for Apollo to agree to his unreasonable demands, Hyacinthus likes to act like a baby to him.Each time Apollo would fail before his young lover to grant these demands to him.

I don't know if he said it to himself or said that he didn't have the strength to say this sentence to question his lover.

Seeing that Apollo did not answer his own words.Hyacinthus's eyes became slack, and his vision gradually became blurred, and he couldn't even see the face of the person he loved most clearly.

Hyacinthus is dead.

Apollo holds his young lover in his arms.

His body was stained with the blood of Hyacinthus.

After the death of Hyacinthus, blue flowers bloomed on the land soaked in his blood.

These small blue flowers are clustered one by one to form a flower spike, and the shiny green leaves are like guards around the flowers.On the petals one can see the imprint of "Ay" (Ay), which is said to be the sigh of the gods.

Hyacinthus' death was known to Artemis.

She went to the Temple of Light and saw her brother Apollo.

At this time, Apollo had wounded Zephyrus, the god of the west wind, and imprisoned him in the abyss of Tartarus.

The goddess of dawn, Eos, is the mother of the god of the west wind. She came to Apollo for her son's theory, but she didn't even see the face of the god of light.

Apollo asked the nymph to bring her a word.

"Most of the Titans have been imprisoned in Tartarus. As the goddess of the Titans, do you want to accompany your son to the abyss hell?"

Nymph told Eos this sentence, but Eos, a goddess, cursed unwillingly and left.

"Brother." Artemis saw Apollo sitting on the edge of the courtyard looking at the hyacinths planted in the courtyard.This was transplanted by Apollo himself from the place where Hyacinthus died to the Temple of Light.

"Is this Hyacinthus?" (Hyacinthus means hyacinth, named after him)

"Yeah." Apollo replied.

When Artemis saw Apollo like this and didn't know how to persuade him, Apollo spoke.

"Even at this moment, I don't know who I like. Love seems to be hard to say clearly."

"I thought I loved Ganymedes, in him I saw the shadow of the gods I saw in my childhood, but after his death, I fell in love with Hyacinthus again because of his appearance. .”

"When you asked me why I wanted to provoke Hyacinthus, I didn't know how to answer you. Even I didn't understand that Hyacinthus was not the reincarnation of Ganymede and I had to accept him. Love."

Apollo actually knew those little secrets of Hyacinthus.Hyacinthus thought he hid it well, but it was just his connivance.

He let Hyacinthus fall in love with him, so that he would have a reason to return his love.

Apollo recalls the question Hyacinthus asked him before he died.

Until the death of Hyacinthus, Apollo never gave him a real response.

"Am I really a substitute for Ganymede?"

"Did you never love me..."

Artemis heard a voice as he walked out of the temple.

"Do not……"

This is Apollo's answer.

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I wrote almost [-] words today!

I really love you little goblins!Feeling so distressed that I touch my fat self, oh~

The extra story is about Apollo and Hyacinthus.

Hyacinthus was killed by a discus thrown by Apollo, and the God of Zephyr had a hand in the accident.

So it's man-made.

Some legends say so, and some legends say that Apollo killed Hyacinthus by mistake.

Hyacinthus is the only boy who seems to have had love with Apollo.

Mmmmm~

Success, Hyacinthus and Ganymedes, the two boys who communicated with the king of gods and the god of light, wrote it.

I feel a little less regretful in my life.

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