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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 ...
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 ...
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His name inspired such terror that the suitors of Penelope used it to threaten
beggars . ( Apollonius Rhodius 4.1092–1095 ; Homer , Odyssey , 18.83-87 . )
Echidna . A monster . Described by Hesiod as half nymph , half speckled snake ...
His name inspired such terror that the suitors of Penelope used it to threaten
beggars . ( Apollonius Rhodius 4.1092–1095 ; Homer , Odyssey , 18.83-87 . )
Echidna . A monster . Described by Hesiod as half nymph , half speckled snake ...
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See NYMPH . Narcissus . The son of the nymph Leiriope by the river - god
Cephiss 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 .
See NYMPH . Narcissus . The son of the nymph Leiriope by the river - god
Cephiss 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 .
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| Title | Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology |
| Author | Edward Tripp |
| Published | 1970 |
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