Hyacinth (mythology)
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Hyacinth or Hyacinthus is a deified hero and a lover of Apollo in Greek mythology. His cult at Amyclae southwest of Sparta dates from the Mycenaean era. The hero is mythically linked to local cults an
A winged deity and a youth, likely Zephyrus and Hyacinthus, on an Attic white-ground bobbin, Metropolitan Museum of Art (c. 460–450 BC).
Hyacinthus and the West Wind engaging in intercrural sex on a red-figure vase (5th century BCE)
Apollo and Hyacinth (1603-1604) by Domenichino
Apollo, Hyacinth and Cyparissus singing and playing by Alexander Ivanov, 1831–1834
Apollo
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Apollo is one of the Olympian deities in ancient Greek religion and mythology. His numerous functions include light, healing, prophecy, music, poetry, and archery. He is the son of Leto and Zeus, and
Hyacinth (mythology)
…Hyacinth or Hyacinthus (; Ancient Greek: Ὑάκινθος, romanized: Huákinthos)) is a deified hero and a lover of Apollo in Greek mythology. His cult at Amyclae southwest of Sparta dates from the Mycenaean era. The hero is mythically linked to local cults and identified…
Apollo Belvedere, a 2nd-century CE Roman copy of a Greek original from c. 330 BCE
Apollo, fresco from Pompeii, 1st century AD
Statue of Apollo Sauroctonus attributed to Praxiteles c. 340 BC, Cleveland Museum of Art
Chryselephantine statue of Apollo in Delphi, mid-6th century B.C.