Friendship Preocupation

In contrast with other myths, we encounter caring of a god for a mortal, but in a different way. It’s not the same as other myths. This is not a lover relationship between the god and the mortal, but a more friendship relation. It might also be father-son relation between Apollo and Hyacinthus. In the way they are playing, and later the preoccupation Apollo falls in for what happened to Hyacinthus. “APOLLO was passionately fond of a youth named Hyacinthus. He accompanied him in his sports, carried the nets when he went fishing, led the dogs when he went to hunt, followed him in his excursions in the mountains, and neglected for him his lyre and his arrows.” We can see all the things Apollo did for him, like a father would do for his son. Apollo did care a lot for him.

As in other Greek myths, there is always an obstacle for the characters. “when the quoit bounded from the earth and struck him in the forehead. He fainted and fell.” Apollo was hurt by this. Even though it was not a love relation like Psyche and Cupid, it still affected Apollo and this is the similarity between the myths. The god is with the mortal, they encounter an obstacle and then they overcome it.