DAPHNE

Daphne

Daphne is a minor figure in Greek mythology known as a Naiad—a type of female nymph associated with fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of freshwater. There are several versions of the myth, but the general narrative is that because of her beauty, Daphne attracted the attention and ardor of the god Apollo . Apollo pursued her and just before being overtaken, Daphne pleaded to her father, the rivergod Ladon and Ge. for help. So he then transformed Daphne into a laurel tree. In Metamorphoses by Roman poet Ovid, she is identified as the daughter of the rivergod Pineios in Thessaly. At the Pythian Games which were held every four years ...

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daphne

Noun

  1. Any one of least 50 species of shrub of the Thymelaeaceae family, some of which are grown as ornamentals.


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