Quoits
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Quoits is a traditional game which involves the throwing of metal, rope or rubber rings over a set distance, usually to land over or near a spike. The game of quoits encompasses several distinct varia
Newcastle pit men playing quoits
Game of ringtoss c. 1815
Players in Argentine Rosario A.C., c. 1890
A game of indoor quoits, being played in the Forest of Dean
Hyacinth (mythology)
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Hyacinth or Hyacinthus is a deified hero and a lover of Apollo in Greek mythology. His cult at Amyclae southwest of Sparta dates from the Mycenaean era. The hero is mythically linked to local cults an
Quoits
…The game of quoits encompasses several distinct variations. Quoits is supposedly the game the ancient Greek deity Apollo was playing with his lover Hyacinth which ultimately resulted in his death. In Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica, Thetis sees Jason and the other heroes "delighting in mass throwing (σόλῳ…
A winged deity and a youth, likely Zephyrus and Hyacinthus, on an Attic white-ground bobbin, Metropolitan Museum of Art (c. 460–450 BC).
Hyacinthus and the West Wind engaging in intercrural sex on a red-figure vase (5th century BCE)
Apollo and Hyacinth (1603-1604) by Domenichino
Apollo, Hyacinth and Cyparissus singing and playing by Alexander Ivanov, 1831–1834