The myth begins with Hades' desire to possess Persephone and make her his wife, knowing that Persephone's mother Demeter would never agree to the union. While Persephone was gathering flowers in a meadow Hades burst from the Underworld on his black chariot and abducted her.
When Persephone was picking flowers in a field, Hades emerged on his chariot from a crack on the earth, and carried off the unwilling Persephone; only Hecate and Helios witnessed the abduction, and later told Demeter.
Bruce Lincoln argues that the myth is a description of the loss of Persephone's virginity, where her epithet koure signifies "a girl of initiatory age", and where Hades is the male oppressor forcing himself onto a young girl for the first time.
Apollo, the god of sun and music, is considered the patron of same sex love, as he had many male lovers and was often invoked to bless homosexual unions. He is also called "the champion of male love" by Andrew Callimach.
Shortly after his marriage to the nymph Eurydice, the newlyweds are cruelly parted when she dies after being bitten by a viper. Filled with grief, Orpheus cannot accept the loss of his adored bride, and he decides to journey to the Underworld to bring her back.
One of the most tragic love stories in Greek mythology is that of Orpheus and Eurydice. Orpheus, a gifted musician, fell deeply in love with the beautiful Eurydice. Their love was pure and strong, but tragedy struck when Eurydice was bitten by a venomous snake and died.
The reluctant Orpheus can rescue Eurydice from the underworld, on the condition he does not turn to look back at her.
Artemis was known for her modesty. A young man named Sipriotes saw her bathing. Because of this intrusion, Artemis turned him into a girl.
The third and final chapter identifies asexual resonances in Athena and Artemis' mythos. Based on these resonances, this thesis recommends Athena and Artemis as additions to the asexual historical tradition.
Nerites: Sea-god, male lover of Poseidon, transformed into a shellfish after a dispute. Confirmed lover. 1 demi-god lover.
Danaë and Zeus, in the form of golden rain, had sexual relations. Danaë became pregnant and had a son named Perseus. There are many paintings depicting Danaë and this myth of the golden rain.
It was also said that Hera regained her virginity, that is became young again, bathing regularly in the sacred spring of Canathus, near Argos. The Kanathos fountain still exists today, near the nun monastery of Agia Moni, of the XII century, at about three kilometers from the city of Nafplio, Greece.
Apollo, like other gods such as Zeus, had both male and female lovers in myth.
He's 2000 years old canonically and Persephone is 19. Barely an adult. And I get that they are gods and age wouldn't really matter to them becuz they are gonna be immortal anyway but even other characters have brought up their age gap...
Demeter finds Hades dull and dislikes his dark presence — he is undoubtedly the last suitor she would ever want for her daughter. Hades is terrified of her and keeps Persephone's existence a secret, partly out of fear of what she might do.
On Hades' 6th birthday, Kronos ripped him away from his mother Rhea, whom he was very close to and loved very much. As a result, Hades was left alone for 13 years within Kronos, his only interactions with others being the times that Kronos would often verbally abuse him.
Homosexual relationships among the gods are pretty common within Greek mythology. Such relationships show the gods in the context of their superhuman powers and immortality, far from any moral or societal judgment. One of the most quoted examples is the story of Zeus' love for the beautiful youth named Ganymedes.
/ˈkjuː.pɪd/ the ancient Roman god of love, represented by a naked baby boy who has wings and shoots arrows at people to make them start to love each other.
Romans believed that Ganymede was gay and served as Zeus's lover because he was one of the few mortals granted immortality by Zeus in Greek mythology. Ganymede is sometimes framed as the god of homosexual love, placed in the pantheon beside Eros and Hymenaois.
While nonbinary or intersex deities exist in many mythologies and religions, they were a rare occurrence to the Greeks. Most deities in mythology are specifically described as male or female, but Hermaphroditus is the only known god that has both sexes.
In Greek and Roman mythology, several goddesses are distinguished by their perpetual virginity. These goddesses included the Greek deities Hestia, Athena, and Artemis, along with their Roman equivalents, Vesta, Minerva, and Diana.
As a virgin, Artemis had interested many gods and men, but only her hunting companion, Orion, won her heart. Orion was accidentally killed either by Artemis or by Gaia. The river god Alpheus was in love with Artemis, but as he realizes that he can do nothing to win her heart, he decides to capture her.
Megara and Hercules had a happy marriage that produced several sons, and her role in mythology is really to set up tragedy for the hero. Megara is killed by Hercules after he is turned mad by the goddess Hera, Zeus' wife, vengeful because Hercules was a product of her husband Zeus' infidelity.
She demanded him to kill the ocean nymph Leuke (though he turned her into a poplar instead) and personally turned Minthe into the plant mint. Persephone herself has only ever cheated on her husband with the incredibly handsome mortal man Adonis.
The myth of Eros and Psyche is perhaps one of the best love stories in Greek mythology. Eros, son of Aphrodite, was the personification of intense erotic desire and was depicted throwing arrows at people to strike their hearts and make them fall in love. Psyche, a beautiful girl, personifies the human soul.