Wow, I can't believe people would be so ignorant about Sufjan to think this was a homoerotic song AT ALL. This song isn't actually reference to the Biblical myth (or maybe it is partially), but actually the Greek myth of Jason and the Golden Fleece, which is perhaps the greatest Hero story of all Greek mythology. You can tell these because of the reference to the Argon, because the heroes who went on the quest for the Golden Fleece were called the Argonauts. Albeit I don't know much about the Biblical myth -- it could have referenced the Greek myth (a lot of Christianity and Greek stories cross over) but I know for sure because of the Argon reference that this is inspired by the Greek myth, probably just a song about how he was a great hero.
Wow, I can't believe people would be so ignorant about Sufjan to think this was a homoerotic song AT ALL. This song isn't actually reference to the Biblical myth (or maybe it is partially), but actually the Greek myth of Jason and the Golden Fleece, which is perhaps the greatest Hero story of all Greek mythology. You can tell these because of the reference to the Argon, because the heroes who went on the quest for the Golden Fleece were called the Argonauts. Albeit I don't know much about the Biblical myth -- it could have referenced the Greek myth (a lot of Christianity and Greek stories cross over) but I know for sure because of the Argon reference that this is inspired by the Greek myth, probably just a song about how he was a great hero.
http://www.mythweb.com/heroes/jason/