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Definitions of daphne in various dictionaries:
noun - any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers
noun - (Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo
A nymph who metamorphosed into a laurel tree as a means of escaping from Apollo.
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| Nymph seen here turning into a tree to escape Apollo, in a Bernini sculpture: |
| In Greek mythology, she was transformed into a laurel tree by her father to protect her from Apollo's advances |
| Giovanni Bernini sculpted "Apollo and" this nymph for Cardinal Borghese in the 1620s |
| Author/gardener Olivia Laing says this flower, with the name of a fleeing nymph, was "the first plant I'd fallen in love with" |
| (Sarah of the Clue crew shows a painting on the monitor.) In mythology, many tales deal with transformation; here, having fled from an amorous Apollo, this nymph begs her father to transform her & destroy her beauty--he turns her into a laurel tree, the change just beginning |
| In 1622 Cardinal Borghese commissioned Bernini to sculpt "Apollo and" this river nymph for his gallery |
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| Any of several Eurasian shrubs of the genus Daphne often cultivated for their glossy evergreen foliage and clusters of small, bell-shaped flowers. |
| A small, typically evergreen Eurasian shrub with sweet-scented flowers. |
| A nymph who was turned into a laurel bush to save her from the amorous pursuit of Apollo. |
| (Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo |
| any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers |
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| Daphne, Attiki, GREECE |
| Daphne, ALABAMA, UNITED STATES |
| Daphne, TEXAS, UNITED STATES |
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Daphne (; Greek: , meaning "laurel") is a minor figure in Greek mythology known as a naiada 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 (Phoebus). Apollo pursued her and just before being overtaken, Daphne pleaded to her father, the rivergod Ladon, and Ge (Gaia) for help. So Ladon 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 in Delphi in honour of Apollo, a wreath of laurel gathered from the Vale of Tempe in Thessaly was given as a prize. According to Pausanias the reason for this was "simply and solely because the prevailing tradition has it that Apollo fell in love with the daughter of Ladon (Daphne)". * |