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Hyacinthus

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Hy·a·cin·thus  (h-snths)
n. Greek Mythology
A beautiful youth, loved but accidentally killed by Apollo, from whose blood Apollo caused the hyacinth to grow.
Hyacinthus [ˌhaɪəˈsɪnθəs]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a youth beloved of Apollo and inadvertently killed by him. At the spot where the youth died, Apollo caused a flower to grow


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Ovid tells us of a flower into which Hyacinthus was metamorphosed, that bears letters on its leaves, which Virgil recommended as a miracle to the Royal Society of his day; but no age nor nation hath ever recorded a bird with a letter in its maw.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
There followeth, for the latter part of January and February, the mezereon-tree, which then blossoms; crocus vernus, both the yellow and the grey; primroses, anemones; the early tulippa; hyacinthus orientalis; chamairis; fritellaria.
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rich-tressed Diomede; and she bare Hyacinthus, the blameless one and strong.
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