Apolo y sus Amantes Masculinos - Mitología Griega

It is said that there was a young Spartan prince whose beauty was such that the very Gods stopped to observe him when they traveled through the heavens, or when they looked out from Olympus during their daily chores. His name was Jacinto and the beauty of his demeanor, the grace of his gestures, and the melody of his voice, were of such finesse and splendor that some Gods fell madly in love with him. But not only the gods fell in love with her delicate charm, some mortals also succumbed to her irresistible beauty. The poet Thamyris, the only mortal who dared to challenge the Muses, was one of them. But Apollo had also succumbed to the charms of the young Jacinto and was tormented by jealousy. Then, the God of Beauty and Perfection made use of the advantage that his status as an Olympic Deity gave him and went to his unconditional companions, the Muses, since he was the deity of prophetic and artistic inspiration, to inform them that Thamyris boasted of being a better poet than them and of the transgressive challenge launched by the poet.