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Apollo (already wearing a laurel wreath) and Daphne, Antakya Archaeological Museum. Parthenius' tale was known to Pausanias, who recounted it in his Description of Greece (2nd century AD). According to him, Leucippus was a son of the prince of Pisa, whose attempts to woo her by open courtship all failed, as Daphne avoided all males. [16]
Here again, the myth has been Christianized: as Daphne turns into the laurel tree, virtue and chastity triumph. [3] [15] The Mannerist artist Andrea Meldolla, called Schiavone, made a strange Apollo and Daphne etching (c. 1538–40, Metropolitan Museum of Art) in which one of Daphne's legs sprouts roots directly from her father's body. In a ...
A laurel wreath is a symbol of triumph, ... Apollo and Daphne. Apollo, the patron of sport, is associated with the wearing of a laurel wreath. [3]
In Daphne's place Gaia left a laurel tree, from which Apollo fashioned wreaths to console himself. [22] Other versions of the myth, including that of the Roman poet Ovid, state that Daphne was transformed directly into a laurel tree. [23] Bay laurel was used to fashion the laurel wreath of ancient Greece, a symbol of highest
Laurel wreaths from the bay laurel tree Laurus nobilis were worn by triumphatores – victorious generals celebrating a Roman triumph. Generals awarded a lesser celebration ritual, the ovation (Latin: ovatio) wore wreaths of myrtle (Myrtus communis). [20] Wreaths (Latin: coronae, lit. 'crowns') were awarded as military awards and decorations.
Apollo and Daphne is a life-sized marble sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, which was executed between 1622 and 1625. It is regarded as one of the artistic marvels of the Baroque age.
Daphne was still beautiful, though she had transformed into a laurel tree. Apollo kissed the bark of the tree and vowed to have her always, though she could not be his wife. He promised to exalt her memory by wearing her always as a crown and adorning the heads of victorious warriors and athletes with her branches that would remain green ...
The wreath that was commonly used was the laurel wreath. The use of this wreath comes from the Greek myth involving Apollo , Zeus' son and the god of life and light, who fell in love with the nymph Daphne .