No.206
[original post date: April 26, 2014]the first cinthy :)
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In Greek mythlogy, Hyacinthos was a boy loved by Apollo. Everything was fine and dandy until this other god Zephyrus, a wind god, decided that he was in love with Hyacinthos too. Out of jealousy, when Apollo and Hyacinthos were playing discus (frisbee, but with a heavy metal disc), Zephyrus blew it off course so that it hit Hyacinthos and killed him. In grief Apollo turned him into a flower... the hyacinth. Which is where we get the name.
in Elysium, he was also close friends with Ganymede, which really sucked for Gany when he died. As if the poor cupbearer needed another awful thing in his life.
(Also, yes, people did dye their hair in ancient Greek, it was totally possible. I looked it up.)
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