That Guy Really Got Around! Heracles (Hercules) & His Many, Many Boyfriends
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
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The End of Heracles's Lover
Today's episode is mostly the end of Heracles' lovers. How did we come to mostly the end? I wanted to do a cursory google and make sure that Heracles has enough male lovers for me to make an episode about it. You see let me introduce you to a website that appears to just be called gay news. They list like ten men that Heracles was said to be lovers with. Many websites actually devoted to LGBTQ stories and history from the ancient world. Except many of the names are not lovers of Heracles nor am I convinced that all of them are even actual characters from myth. And the ones that are are typically based in incredibly late and basically irrelevant sources.
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