Zephyrus: The Spartan Prince we mentioned, is one of the most famous stories from Greek mythology. Yep, you guessed it right, it's none other than our favourite tragic hero Hyacinthus.
The love story of Apollo and Hyacinthus, you can imagine, is another one of my most favourite lores, so I just had to mention it. To my fortune, this turned out to be the actual reason why Zephyrus was indebted to Eros, why he helped him in this scenario; but Gguk testing Jimin was an additional from my own fucked up mind. It will be useful later, just hold on.
Also PLEASE Apollo's love life is just 💀
Aphrodite: So all of what I could find, the flower actually had 9-10 bees. But I killed some of them, so I will give you a detailed list of whom I kept. I will be using "he" for Aphrodite since we are talking about this fic, and remember this serial-wise list is only applicable HERE, you'll find a hundred other versions by just one search on the internet.
1. Nerites: Very first lover, used to date before he came outta ocean, the only brother of the 50 nereids aka helpful sea nymphs. Children gained from him: 0
2. Hephaestus: Only former husband, on whom he cheated and then divorced, and never married afterwards. Children gained from him: 0
3. Ares: Lover, with whom he cheated on Hephaestus, the stepfather mentioned in our prologue. Children gained from him: 3, one daughter- Harmonia, and twin sons- Phobos and Deimos.
4. Anchises: Lover, human trojan Prince. Children gained from him: 2 sons, Aeneas (an incredibly famous Greek hero) and Lyrus.
5. Adonis: As it is said, Aphrodite’s best beloved. Was a human whom he shared with Persephone. Children gained from him: 2, a daughter- Beroe and a son- Golgos.
6. Dionysus: Lover, the stepfather mentioned in this chapter, like ain't it pretty obvious, duh. Children gained from him: 2, a son- Paripus and a daughter- Peitho.
7. Butes : Lover, was in a band of heroes called Argonauts, other accounts call him a famous beekeeper and a native Sicilian king. Children gained from him: 2, a daughter- Eryx and a son- Polycaon.
8. Hermes: Lover. Children gained from him: a son- Hermaphroditus.
Won't say anything more about him because in the timeline of this fic, Hermes and Aphrodite are in an active relationship, and we'll see him taking an equally active role here as well.
The bees I cut out—
Poseidon: This one is kinda foggy, but it said that it's because Poseidon kept the secret of his affair with Ares, and later convinced Hephaestus to free both Aphrodite and Ares from his trap. But I think then it sounds more like a thank-you-hook-up rather than anything, and I do Not like Poseidon, so no lol.
Zeus: Come on, already took three sons of his let the dad GO.
Kidding, the reason why I cut this was because of their son, Paripus. Because Paripus was said to be either born of Zeus or Dionysus, so both lores are contradictory. So I thought of cutting Hera some slack above all. 😁
And yeah, I do Not like him either.
Yes, I totally plan to transform all of you into mythology nerds by the end of this story. Is it obvious? 🤓
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The Arrows Of Love: Notes
FanfictionComplementary information for my book The Arrows Of Love.
