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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. [1] Apollo and Daphne is an Ancient Greek transformation or metamorphosis myth.
Daphne (1938), opera by Richard Strauss about the legend based on accounts by both Ovid and Euripides A famous rendition of the subject is Gian Lorenzo Bernini 's sculpture Apollo and Daphne . In the WEBTOON comic Lore Olympus , Daphne is a fashion model, yoga instructor, and social media influencer who's dating Thanatos , the god of death.
Daphne: Nymph, daughter of Peneus. She was metamorphosed into a laurel to escape the amorous god Apollo. As a sign of his love for her, Apollo wears the laurel around his head. I: 452-547 [82] Deïanira: Daughter of Oeneus, sister of Meleager, wife of Hercules. Famous for unwittingly killing Hercules with the Shirt of Nessus. VIII: 542, IX: 8 ...
Apollo and Daphne (c. 1470–1480) by Antonio del Pollaiuolo depicts one tale of transformation in the Metamorphoses—Apollo lusts after Daphne, but she is changed into a bay laurel and escapes him. The different genres and divisions in the narrative allow the Metamorphoses to display a wide range of themes.
True enough, in the medieval West, Ovid's work was the principal conduit of Greek myths. [9] Although Ovid's collection is the most known, there are three examples of Metamorphoses by later Hellenistic writers that preceded Ovid's book, but little is known of their contents. [10]
Apollo and Daphne is a life-sized marble sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, which was executed between 1622 and 1625. It is regarded as one of the artistic marvels of the Baroque age.
Publius Ovidius Naso (Latin: [ˈpuːbliʊs ɔˈwɪdiʊs ˈnaːsoː]; 20 March 43 BC – AD 17/18), known in English as Ovid (/ ˈ ɒ v ɪ d / OV-id), [2] [3] was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus.
The sculpture, the first in a series of major Borghese works including the David and the Apollo and Daphne, was finished in 1622 and delivered to the Villa Borghese, whose main facade already had the myth of Proserpina depicted. [5] Bernini received at least three payments for its creation, of the value of at least 450 Roman scudi. [3]