Hyacinthus orientalis
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Hyacinthus orientalis, the common hyacinth, garden hyacinth or Dutch hyacinth, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. It is native to western Asia, from sou
Hyacinth flower
Hyacinth cultivars, showing many of the available colors
’Delft Blue’
Hyacinth bulb
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
Hyacinthus orientalis
…7.9–13.8 in) (rarely to 45 cm (18 in)) tall, bearing 2–50 fragrant purple flowers 2–3.5 cm long with a tubular, six-lobed perianth. In Greek mythology, Hyacinthus was a young man admired by Apollo and Zephyr, but killed by a discus by Zephyr when Apollo and Hyacinthus were playing the game in a jealous rage between…
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