Hyacinthus

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A play that retells the Greek myth of Hyacinth. Hyacinth is notably a gay lover of the sun god, Apollo, and one of the most prominent gay men in Greek Mythology. Hyacinth chose Apollo over Zephyr, the West Wind. In jealousy, he kills Hyacinth while the two lovers play a game of discus.

While not many original texts of most Greek myths survive, I wanted to give Hyacinth a voice, a narrative, and a character. For him to be so prominent in gay history, he should at least have words to say. In this rework, the conflict is over a god truly devoting himself to a human man, and the real love that was there, even when it couldn’t help.

This play was also chosen to be read for SUNY Purchase’s POV Fest.