more from my mythology class XD for fujoushi-tachi, especially... bohoho
earlier i wanted to write about the greek myth which was the origin to the word "hermaphrodite" but i didn't end up writing it in this blog (i did wrote about it in my fc2 chinese blog tho), but this time i guess i'll write it here cus it's relevant (???) xDD;;;
today the professor talked about Dionysus, the god of wine and a bunch of other things else. he talked about how his first lover (a guy) died of some tragic reason and the vine plant grew out of his body and the fruits bore from that plant (grapes) were made into wine by Dionysus. that's the origin of wine. and apparently according to the greeks, there is no love if there's no wine... not sure how that works... but love and wine seems to be inter-related concepts (?)
anyway, onto the "main" part (that i was highly amused about). as Dionysus became an established god, he wanted to go to Hades and bring his mother back up to Mt. Olympus to live with him. however, he did not know the way to Hades. he met this young man at a certain place and this young man knew the way to Hades. Dionysus asked him to tell him the way, but this young man said he'd tell him only if Dionysus agrees to do it with him.... IN UKE ROLE XDDDD;;;; <--fujoushi lingua XD;;; (well, you can say he wanted to become Dionysus' lover, if you like that interpretation better... ;))
and guess what? Dionysus agreed :D but they're gonna do this after Dionysus got back from Hades. but by the time he got back, he found that this young man had died (got knows how long Dionysus spent in Hades =/) but Dionysus decided to keep his promise... so he went to find the guy's grave, made a phallus-shaped thing out of wood (or whatever materal), put it on top of his grave, AND SAT ON IT XDDDDD (the professor put a (!) beside that line on the ppt slide LOOOL) i think by modern definition, he's definitely gay XD (tho he did marry a woman later) but... maa, i dont think it actually mattered that much in ancient greece... at least not the same way.
i was grinning the whole time when the prof was showing this slide after i read what he did... and i sat on the first row... i hope the prof didnt see my pervy grin the whole time lol.............. i really hope he didnt... i tried to hold it back but i really couldnt... xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
you can also find a relative (short) article of it in wikipedia
and about the guy himself
today the professor talked about Dionysus, the god of wine and a bunch of other things else. he talked about how his first lover (a guy) died of some tragic reason and the vine plant grew out of his body and the fruits bore from that plant (grapes) were made into wine by Dionysus. that's the origin of wine. and apparently according to the greeks, there is no love if there's no wine... not sure how that works... but love and wine seems to be inter-related concepts (?)
anyway, onto the "main" part (that i was highly amused about). as Dionysus became an established god, he wanted to go to Hades and bring his mother back up to Mt. Olympus to live with him. however, he did not know the way to Hades. he met this young man at a certain place and this young man knew the way to Hades. Dionysus asked him to tell him the way, but this young man said he'd tell him only if Dionysus agrees to do it with him.... IN UKE ROLE XDDDD;;;; <--fujoushi lingua XD;;; (well, you can say he wanted to become Dionysus' lover, if you like that interpretation better... ;))
and guess what? Dionysus agreed :D but they're gonna do this after Dionysus got back from Hades. but by the time he got back, he found that this young man had died (got knows how long Dionysus spent in Hades =/) but Dionysus decided to keep his promise... so he went to find the guy's grave, made a phallus-shaped thing out of wood (or whatever materal), put it on top of his grave, AND SAT ON IT XDDDDD (the professor put a (!) beside that line on the ppt slide LOOOL) i think by modern definition, he's definitely gay XD (tho he did marry a woman later) but... maa, i dont think it actually mattered that much in ancient greece... at least not the same way.
i was grinning the whole time when the prof was showing this slide after i read what he did... and i sat on the first row... i hope the prof didnt see my pervy grin the whole time lol.............. i really hope he didnt... i tried to hold it back but i really couldnt... xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
you can also find a relative (short) article of it in wikipedia
and about the guy himself