Heracles had lovers all over the ancient Greek world, and a whole collection of them were men. These are their stories and, let's be honestly, brief mentions and anecotes. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

Sources: Wikipedia entries on Heracles and various lovers, with sourcing confirmed via Theoi.com; Topos Text entries on Abderus, Adonis, Photius' Biblioteca; Heracles by Emma Stafford; Plutarch's Erotikos; reading of Theocritus' Idyll XIII, translated by JM Edmonds.

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Heracles had lovers all over the ancient Greek world, and a whole collection of them were men. These are their stories and, let's be honestly, brief mentions and anecotes. <a href="http://www.patreon.com/mythsbaby">Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!</a>
CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.
Sources: Wikipedia entries on Heracles and various lovers, with sourcing confirmed via Theoi.com; Topos Text entries on <a href="https://topostext.org/people/12171">Abderus</a>, <a href="https://topostext.org/people/430">Adonis</a>, <a href="https://topostext.org/work/237">Photius' Biblioteca</a>; Heracles by Emma Stafford; <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0314%3Asection%3D17">Plutarch's Erotikos</a>; reading of <a href="https://www.theoi.com/Text/TheocritusIdylls3.html#13">Theocritus' Idyll XIII</a>, translated by JM Edmonds.
Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: <a href="http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions">mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions</a>.

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The most entertaining and enraging stories from mythology told casually, contemporarily, and (let's be honest) sarcastically. Greek and Roman gods did some pretty weird (and awful) things. Gods, goddesses, heroes, monsters, and everything in between. Regular episodes every Tuesday, conversations with authors and scholars or readings of ancient epics every Friday.

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