apollo symbols Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/apollo-symbols Sat, 21 Oct 2017 19:10:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Apollo & Hyacinthus http://travelsfinders.com/apollo-hyacinthus.html http://travelsfinders.com/apollo-hyacinthus.html#respond Thu, 04 Jan 2018 21:03:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=244820 In the Eurotas valley and its surrounding mountains the divine seems palpable. Mythology tells that at Amyclae god did once walk with human when Apollo fell in love with the beautiful young athlete Hyacinthus. But Zephyrus, the West Wind, also loved the youth and, shunned, was consumed by jealousy. So when Apollo and Hyacinthus were competing with each other in games, Zephyrus caused Apollo’s discus to veer from its path and deliver Hyacinthus a mortal blow. Apollo could not save his lover, but in tribute caused flowers to blossom from the dead boy’s blood the hyacinth, whose petals bore, so

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