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Apollo and Daphne is an Ancient Greek transformation or metamorphosis myth. No written or artistic versions survive from ancient Greek mythology , so it is likely Hellenistic in origin. [ 1 ] It was retold by Roman authors in the form of an amorous vignette .
Daphne (/ ˈ d æ f n i /; DAFF-nee; Greek: Δάφνη, Dáphnē, lit. ' laurel ' ), [ 1 ] a figure in Greek mythology , is a naiad , a variety of female nymph associated with fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of freshwater.
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 ("laurel") Laurel: Peneus/Ladon or Gaia or Zeus: She was a Naiad nymph who took a vow of maidenhood. When the god Apollo saw her and fell in love with her, he pursued her with the aim of making her his bride, but she ran away from him, wishing to stay a virgin eternally.
Apollo and Daphne (c. 1470–1480) by Antonio del Pollaiuolo depicts one tale of transformation in the Metamorphoses—Apollo lusts after Daphne, but she is changed into a bay laurel and escapes him. The different genres and divisions in the narrative allow the Metamorphoses to display a wide range of themes. Scholar Stephen M. Wheeler notes ...
Daphne: Nymph, daughter of Peneus. She was metamorphosed into a laurel to escape the amorous god Apollo. As a sign of his love for her, Apollo wears the laurel around his head. I: 452-547 [82] Deïanira: Daughter of Oeneus, sister of Meleager, wife of Hercules. Famous for unwittingly killing Hercules with the Shirt of Nessus. VIII: 542, IX: 8 ...
This episode furthermore has been treated repeatedly in opera, notably by Jacopo Peri in 1597, Handel's (lost) Daphne in 1708, and Richard Strauss (Daphne, with a libretto that deviates significantly from Ovid's account) in 1938. Pablo Picasso illustrated the Metamorphoses in 30 etchings, published in 1931 as Les Métamorphoses.
Daphne, Op. 82, is an opera in one act by Richard Strauss, subtitled "Bucolic Tragedy in One Act". The German libretto was by Joseph Gregor . The opera is based loosely on the mythological figure Daphne from Ovid 's Metamorphoses and includes elements taken from The Bacchae by Euripides .