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   Apollo pursues Daphne, but she rejects him. Apollo pleads and persists, and Daphne cries out to her father for help. He responds by transforming her into a laurel tree.

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   This battle between men and women ensues throughout the Metamorphoses, often making love a tense, complicated, or non-consensual event. As the first “love story,” Apollo and Daphne’s antagonism casts love in a negative light. By contrast, Apollo falls in love with Daphne and wants to possess her.

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   Sep 21, 2024 · The significance of the myth of Apollo and Daphne lies in its exploration of unrequited love and the ultimate transformation of Daphne into a laurel tree. This transformation serves as a powerful symbol of escape and resistance against unwanted advances.

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   Nonetheless, Apollo chases Daphne through the woods. As she approaches the streams of her father's land, she begs to lose her beauty. As she speaks she is transformed into a laurel tree.

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   In this case, Daphne turns into a tree to escape the unwanted advances of the god Apollo, who due to the machinations of Cupid, has gone mad for the young woman.

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   May 29, 2021 · In the myth, Apollo falls madly in love with Daphne, a woman sworn to remain a virgin. Apollo hunts Daphne who refuses to accept his advances. Right at the moment he catches her, she turns into a laurel tree, a scene famously depicted in Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne sculpture.

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   How does Apollo fall in love with Daphne?

   • The first arrow causes Apollo to fall in love, and the second arrow makes the object of his love, Daphne, flee. Apollo pursues Daphne, but she rejects him. Apollo pleads and persists, and Daphne cries out to her father for help. He responds by transforming her into a laurel tree. Not entirely deterred, Apollo gropes the tree.

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   What is the myth of Apollo and Daphne?

   • This is the myth of Apollo and Daphne. The myth of Apollo and Daphne is a story describing what happens when lust faces rejection. It’s a tale about the power of love, the power of Cupid (or Eros in Greek) who can even blind the most powerful amongst the Greek Gods.

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   What is the story of Apollo and Daphne about?

   • The myth of Apollo and Daphne is a story describing what happens when lust faces rejection. It’s a tale about the power of love, the power of Cupid (or Eros in Greek) who can even blind the most powerful amongst the Greek Gods. In the myth, Apollo falls madly in love with Daphne, a woman sworn to remain a virgin.

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   Where did Apollo and Daphne come from?

   • Roman, Apollo and Daphne, c. 62–79 A.D., fresco from South wall of Casa dell’Efebo, Pompeii showing Apollo holding a sprig of laurel, while Daphne is perhaps dancing. It likely reflects a pre-Ovidian source. Apollo and Daphne is an Ancient Greek transformation or metamorphosis myth.

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   Why does Apollo rape Daphne?

   • Apollo pursues Daphne, but she rejects him. Apollo pleads and persists, and Daphne cries out to her father for help. He responds by transforming her into a laurel tree. Not entirely deterred, Apollo gropes the tree. At this point, Jupiter catches sight of a young nymph, Io, and lust fills his heart. He rapes her.

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   Why does Daphne run away from Apollo?

   • The antagonism between Apollo and Daphne only exacerbates their respective feelings towards one another. Daphne’s fear of Apollo and her running away from him makes him desire her more, and his increased desire only makes her run faster in greater fear. Daphne’s transformation is a kind of stalemate between them.

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   Apollo and Daphne, a 5th–6th century A.D. ivory relief from Egypt (Ravenna, Italy, National Museum) features a musical Apollo who is serenading Daphne. Thus it also seems to reflect Knox's “Song of Apollo,” the lost literary account. At the same time, it is also a Christianized version of the myth. [1]