She thought of Hyacinthus as she might have thought of a divinity. |
The precise relation which Apollo bears to Hyacinthus is obscure. |
The myth is akin to those of Linus, Hyacinthus, and Narcissus. |
This mythical flower, which was almost certainly not the modern hyacinth, sprang up from the blood of the dying prince Hyacinthus. |
Zephyrus hated Hyacinthus because he scorned him, and preferred his corrival Apollo. |
Nor was it Apollo alone who desired the friendship of Hyacinthus. |