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He taught Hyacinthus the use of the bow and the lyre, the art of prophecy, and exercises in the gymnasium. [14] One day, Apollo was teaching him the game of discus [15] or quoits. [16] They decided to have a friendly competition by taking turns to throw the discus. Apollo threw first, with a strength so great that the discus split the clouds in ...
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.
The genus name Hyacinthus was attributed to Joseph Pitton de Tournefort when used by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. [5] It is derived from a Greek name used for a plant by Homer, ὑάκινθος (hyákinthos), the flowers supposedly having grown up from the blood of a youth of this name killed by the god Zephyr out of jealousy. [7]
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.
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων, Apóllōn) God of music, arts, knowledge, healing, plague, prophecy, poetry, manly beauty, and archery. He is the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis. Both Apollo and Artemis use a bow and arrow. Apollo is depicted as young, beardless, handsome and athletic.
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 ...
Hyacinthus ("hyacinth") Larkspur: Apollo: Hyacinthus was a young Spartan prince and a lover of the god. One day, as they were playing a game of discus, Apollo accidentally struck Hyacinthus in the head, killing him. Apollo, distraught, turned the dying prince into a flower bearing his name.