Daphne(dăfˈnē), in Greek mythology, a nymph. She was loved by Apollo and by Leucippus, a mortal who disguised himself as a nymph to be near her. When Leucippus betrayed his sex while bathing, the nymphs tore him to pieces. Apollo then pursued Daphne, who prayed to Gaea for aid...
Parthenius, Love Romances 15 (trans. Gaselee) (Greek poet C1st B.C.) : "From the elegiac poems of Diodoros of Elaia [unknown date] and the twenty-fifth book of Phylarkhos (Phylarchus) [Greek historian C3rd B.C.] : This is how the story of Daphne, the daughter of Amyklas (Am...
Daphne (/ˈ d æ f n i / ; DAFF -nee; Greek: Δάφνη , Dáphnē , lit. 'laurel'),[1] a minor figure in Greek mythology, is a naiad, a variety of female nymph associated with fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of freshwater. She is said by...
(Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo daphne词源中文解释 女性名,源自希腊语 daphne,意为“月桂树”; 在神话中,它是河神佩涅乌斯的女儿,被大地女神盖亚变成月桂树,以免她被阿波罗强奸。这个词可能与拉丁语 laurus 有关(见 laurel)。
二. The story Apollo and Daphne is a story from ancient Greek mythology, retold by Hellenistic and Roman authors in the form of an amorous vignette; "Apollo and Daphne" by Antonio Pollaiuolo. The curse of Apollo, the god of the sun and music, was brought onto him when he insulted the ...
depict scenes from Ancient Greek Mythology, one of them of “King Dionysos, sailing on the sea of wine,” as well as many other barrels dedicated to distinguished visitors. Recent visitors from the St. Thomas Greek Orthodox Parish in New Jersey, Nikos & George Pappas, are amazed at their ...
In The True Story of the Novel, Margaret Doody explains that among the Greek rhetoricians of the Second Sophistic, ekphrasis had acquired the specialised sense of 'exploring and explaining (supposed) graphic works' (1998). This paper will explain how Daphne du Maurier's The Flight of the ...
3 Apollo •Asweallknow,Apollois themostwidelyadmired godamongtheOlympian gods.HeisthesonofZeus andLeto.Heisthegodof sunandthegodofmusic andpoetry.AsApolloisan energeticandhandsome man,heiswelcomedand belovedbymanybeautiful goddesses.Butthelove storybetweenApolloand Daphneisaveryappealing -andattractive...