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Apollo pursued the nymph Daphne, but she became a laurel bush rather than
submit to him. He had to content himself with killing Leucippus, a young rival, and
making the laurel his sacred plant. Apollo fell in love with Marpessa, daughter of
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Apollo pursued the nymph Daphne, but she became a laurel bush rather than
submit to him. He had to content himself with killing Leucippus, a young rival, and
making the laurel his sacred plant. Apollo fell in love with Marpessa, daughter of
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His name inspired such terror that the suitors of Penelope used it to threaten
beggars. [Apollonius Rhodius 4.1og2–1og5; Homer, Odyssey, 18.83–87.]
Echidna. A monster. Described by Hesiod as half nymph, half speckled snake,
Echidna ...
His name inspired such terror that the suitors of Penelope used it to threaten
beggars. [Apollonius Rhodius 4.1og2–1og5; Homer, Odyssey, 18.83–87.]
Echidna. A monster. Described by Hesiod as half nymph, half speckled snake,
Echidna ...
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See NYMPH. Narcissus. The son of the nymph Leiriope by the river-god Cephis
us. When Leiriope asked the then little-known seer Teiresias if her newborn son
would live a long life, he replied, “If he never know himself.” This seemingly ...
See NYMPH. Narcissus. The son of the nymph Leiriope by the river-god Cephis
us. When Leiriope asked the then little-known seer Teiresias if her newborn son
would live a long life, he replied, “If he never know himself.” This seemingly ...
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