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Not really. He was just a mortal boy who happened to be really beautiful. Zeus made him immortal, because he fancied him. He also made him a cup-bearer (someone who served drinks at dinner), so he had an excuse for keeping him around all evening. But he wasn't really god of anything. Of course, he became a gay icon later on. The ultimate symbol, showing that even Zeus could fall in love with a guy. But during ancient Greece, where homosexuality was pretty much accepted already anyway, it probably wasn't even considered that important.