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  2. Apollo and Daphne - Wikipedia

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    The myth purportedly explains the origin of the laurel tree and its connection to Apollo, although "Apollo was emphatically associated with the laurel before the advent of the Daphne myth." [ 1 ] Details vary between different versions, but the beautiful nymph Daphne rejects the love of Apollo and is turned into a tree.

  3. Apollo and Daphne (Bernini) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Daphne - Wikipedia

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    Daughter of Sparta (2021), young adult historical fantasy novel by Claire M. Andrews that reimagines the story of Apollo and Daphne. Daphne is a young Spartan warrior who must work with Apollo to save Olympus and all of Greece. [32]

  5. Portal:The arts/Featured picture/46 - Wikipedia

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    Apollo and Daphne is a life-sized Baroque marble sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, created between 1622 and 1625. Housed in the Galleria Borghese in Rome as part of the Borghese Collection, the work depicts the climax of the story of Apollo and Daphne in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Apollo clutches Daphne's hip, pursuing her as she ...

  6. The Rape of Proserpina - Wikipedia

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    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]

  7. Laurel wreath - Wikipedia

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    Apollo and Daphne. Apollo, the patron of sport, is associated with the wearing of a laurel wreath. [3] This association arose from the ancient Greek mythology story of Apollo and Daphne. Apollo mocked the god of love, Eros (Cupid), for his use of bow and arrow, since Apollo is also patron of archery. The insulted Eros then prepared two arrows ...

  8. Dive Into It-Girl Glamour With the New Daphne Groeneveld x ...

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    Drawing inspiration from Greek mythology and the story of Daphne, the mythological nymph who turned into a tree at the touch of Apollo, Groeneveld and Oceanus dreamt up pieces that celebrate the ...

  9. Apollo and Daphne (Pollaiuolo) - Wikipedia

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    Apollo and Daphne (c. 1470–1480). Apollo and Daphne is a c.1470–1480 oil on panel painting, attributed to Piero del Pollaiuolo and/or his brother Antonio).William Coningham acquired it in Rome in 1845 and in 1876 Wynne Ellis left it to the National Gallery, London, where it still hangs. [1]