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  2. Dialogues of the Gods - Wikipedia

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    When Hermes asks how it happened, Apollo takes full responsibility, which makes Hermes think Apollo might be losing his sanity. Apollo explains that they were playing a game of discus when Zephyrus, the west wind god who was also in love with Hyacinthus, redirected the discus, causing it to strike Hyacinthus in the head and kill him. This ...

  3. List of characters in mythology novels by Rick Riordan

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    Apollo, in the mortal form of Lester Papadopoulos, serves as the main protagonist of The Trials of Apollo series. In The Heroes of Olympus, Apollo's Roman descendant Octavian promises the god many things for blessing his prophetic skills, which leads to the Olympians' distraction from the true threat of Gaia, and to the resurgence of Python. As ...

  4. List of rape victims from ancient history and mythology

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    Dryope; raped by Apollo in the form of a snake. Europa; abducted by Zeus in the form of a white bull, then raped, resulting in the birth of Minos. Halie; a Rhodian woman raped by her own sons. Apemosyne, raped by Hermes and later on killed by her angry brother who though that she was lying about being molested by the god and he kicked her to death.

  5. Homoerotic themes in Greek and Roman mythology - Wikipedia

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    Hermaphroditus (also the namesake of the word hermaphrodite), the son of Hermes and Aphrodite, is considered the god of hermaphrodites and intersex people. Hermaphroditus was depicted as a winged youth with both male and female features, that is, usually female thighs, breasts, and style of hair, and male genitalia.

  6. Krapopolis - Wikipedia

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    Poseidon busts Ares for wanting a spanking from the soldiers who worship him after their victory in a war. At Ares' trial presided over Apollo, Hermes, Poseidon, Athena, Hera, Aphrodite, Dionysus, and Pan on Mount Olympus, Apollo sentences Ares to be stripped of his title and be downgrading to a minor god. Deliria meets Salt who is a minor god ...

  7. Hermes - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 January 2025. Ancient Greek deity and herald of the gods For other uses, see Hermes (disambiguation). Hermes God of boundaries, roads, travelers, merchants, thieves, athletes, shepherds, commerce, speed, cunning, language, oratory, wit, and messages Member of the Twelve Olympians Hermes Ingenui ...

  8. Metamorphoses in Greek mythology - Wikipedia

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    He begged Apollo to let him grieve for the deer forever, and Apollo granted his wish by turning him into a cypress tree, which to this day remains a symbol of sadness and mourning. Roman tradition replaced Apollo with a local Roman woodland god, Silvanus, keeping the other details the same. Daphne ("laurel") Laurel: Peneus/Ladon or Gaia or Zeus

  9. Crocus (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Tracking Hermes, Pursuing Mercury. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-877734-2. Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. Online version at the Topos Text Project.