![]() However, despite the Roman counterpart of Apollo sharing the same name, Ovid switches between calling him Phoebus and Apollo. Jupiter and Juno instead of Zeus and Hera). ![]() Her parentage varies, depending on the source, but it's generally understood that her father is a river god (either Peneus or Ladon) and her mother was either the nymph Creusa or Gaia.Īs a Roman, Ovid called the gods by their Roman names (i.e. Daphne - a naiad ( nymph), or huntress of Artemis.Eros ( Cupid, Amor) - god of love and sex also known for his use of bow and arrow.Apollo ( Phoebus) - Greek god of healing, archery, music and arts, sunlight, knowledge, and patron of Delphi.The story generally involves three main players: His priestess employed the use of the leaves at Delphi and they also became the symbol of victory and achievement as laurel wreaths were given to the victors of the Pythian Games. The myth is told to explain the origin of the laurel tree and its connection to Apollo with. The earliest known source of this myth is Parthenius, a Greek poet who lived during the 1st century BCE, however, the most well-known and lyrical telling was by the Roman poet Ovid in his Metamorphoses (I.438-567), a collection of Greek fables first written in 8 CE. 2.3.3 Apollo pursues and begs Daphne to be with him (I:504–524).
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