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Apollo, the god of the sun, art, music and poetry, is playing music along with his favorites in nature's lap. Ivanov said he wanted to portray “nudity instead of a life class”, in other words, to combine classical beauty with a lively romantic feeling.
Apollo, the god of the sun, art, music and poetry, is playing music along with his favorites in nature's lap. Ivanov said he wanted to portray “nudity instead of a life class”, in other words, to combine classical beauty with a lively romantic feeling.
Hyacinthus chose Apollo over the others. He visited all of Apollo's sacred lands with the god in a chariot drawn by swans. So fiercely was Apollo in love with Hyacinthus that he abandoned his sanctuary in Delphi to enjoy Hyacinthus' company by the river Eurotas. He taught Hyacinthus the use of the bow and the lyre, the art of prophecy, and ...
Hyacinthus / ˌ h aɪ ə ˈ s ɪ n θ ə s / [1] is a small genus of bulbous herbs, spring-blooming perennials. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] They are fragrant flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae , subfamily Scilloideae [ 4 ] and are commonly called hyacinths ( / ˈ h aɪ ə s ɪ n θ s / ).
Beside Apollo's feet is the discus which caused Hyacinth's death. The Zephyrus, or west wind, blows Apollo's cape. Around the figure's feet are scattered flowers. In the background is a small grouping of trees, and a body of water (either a lake or river) and a mountain.
The stag as a gift from Apollo reflects the custom in Archaic Greek society of the older male giving his beloved an animal, an act often alluded to in vase painting. [5] In the initiatory context, the hunt is a supervised preparation for the manly arts of war and a testing ground for behavior, with the stag embodying the gift of the hunter's prey.
Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive. In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings.
Hyacinthus: A beautiful boy loved by Apollo. One day as Apollo was throwing a discus and Hyacinthus ran to catch it, he was struck by the discus and died. Apollo made the hyacinth in his memory. X: 162–217, XIII: 396 [115] Hylonome: Female centaur. She was present at the battle against the Lapiths, where she lost her husband, the centaur ...