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@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-06-10 14:00:33
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Have a courageous Day of Ares aka Mars' Day aka Tuesday 🗡️
There is one character from #GreekMythology who might have been a male lover to #Ares: Alektryon, a youth dear to Ares, who would guard the door while Ares was with Aphrodite:
"A young man called Alektryon; he was a …

A photograph of a muscular young man with short, dark hair. He is dressed in a red kilt that reaches to his mid-thigh. Sandals reaching up two thirds to the knee decorate his legs. He holds a spear in his right and a helmet in his left. An aspis shield can be seen behind him in the background where it leans against a wall decorated with reliefs. He is standing between two columns, invoking Alektryon standing guard for Ares while he made love to Aphrodite.