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Daphne
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Key facts
- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.image
- Apollo and Daphne, fresco from Pompeii.jpg
- Deity.name
- Daphne
- Deity.caption
- Antique fresco of Apollo and Daphne from Pompeii, 1st century
- Deity.abode
- Thessaly or Arcadia or Laconia
- Deity.deity_of
- The Laurel Nymph
- Deity.parents
- (1) Peneus and Creusa(2) Ladon and Gaia(3) Ladon and Stymphalis(4) Amyclas
- Deity.siblings
- (1) Menippe, Stilbe and Hypseus(2, 3) Metope
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- Image
- Apollo and Daphne, fresco from South wall of Casa dell’Efebo (Domus P. Cornelius Tages) bedroom, Pompeii.jpg
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- Daphne (mythology)
- name in native language
- Δάφνη
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17 sectionsContents
- Family
- Mythology
- Ovid
- Parthenius
- Pausanias
- Hyginus
- Other authors
- Laurel varieties
- Temples
- Artemis Daphnaia
- Apollo Daphnephoros, Eretria
- Cultural depictions
- Gallery
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Daphne (; ; , , ), a figure in Greek mythology, was in various retellings a mortal woman or a nymph, daughter of a river god. The god Apollo fell in love with Daphne and chased her against her wishes, but before he caught her, Daphne prayed for escape, and was transformed into a laurel tree. Thenceforth Apollo developed a special reverence for laurel.
At the Pythian Games, which were held every four years in Delphi in honour of Apollo, a wreath of laurel gathered from the Vale of Tempe in Thessaly was given as a prize. Hence it later became customary to award prizes in the form of laurel wreaths to victorious generals, athletes, poets and musicians, worn as a chaplet on the head. The Poet Laureate is a well-known modern example of such a prize-winner, dating from the early Renaissance in Italy. According to Pausanias the reason for this was "simply and solely because the prevailing tradition has it that Apollo fell in love with the daughter of Ladon" (Daphne). Most artistic depictions of the myth focus on the moment of Daphne's transformation.