The story of Apollo and Daphne originated from The Metamorphosis by Roman poet Ovid. Daphne is the daughter of the river god penes.
Zeus has a son and a daughter. The son's name is Apollo. He is a handsome man with great strength and is the "sun god" in charge of the sun. Daughter is the "moon goddess" in charge of the moon. One day, Apollo was instructed by his father to shoot a monster. On his way back, he saw a child playing with a bow. He went up to the children and said, "You children can't play with bows" and showed him the monster he hit. He also said a lot of contemptuous things. That child is iloc in charge of love. Some people call him Cupid.
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Cupid was very angry at Apollo's words and said, "Do you believe I will shoot you with my arrow?" Apollo certainly didn't believe it So Cupid shoots two special arrows into the sky: the first arrow will make people fall in love deeply; The second arrow makes people not be tempted by the opposite sex. The first arrow hit Apollo, and the second arrow hit the daughter of the river god, a beautiful girl named Daphne, who was the first beauty in the divine world. Apollo fell in love with Daphne as soon as he saw her. His love for her is as uncontrollable as a disease.
He followed Daphne everywhere. But the girl worships the goddess of the moon and wants to be a virgin forever with her, so she is very exclusive to men and ignores Apollo's pursuit. But Apollo did not give up. One day Apollo saw Daphne in the forest, so he went over and told him, but because of Cupid's arrow, she kept running away from him, and Daphne became more and more afraid.
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Because this time Apollo would not let her leave, just as he was about to catch up, she finally stopped because he was stopped by a big river. Daphne turned to the river in front of her for help: "Dad, please open your mouth and swallow me."
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The river god has always loved this beautiful daughter, so he turned her into a laurel tree with the river god. When Apollo saw Daphne who became a laurel tree, he felt very sad. He hugged Gui Shu gently, apologized to her, and made it clear that although she could not be his wife, his love for her would never change. He will make a harp out of her wood and decorate his bow and arrow with her flowers, so that she will be young forever without worrying about aging.
Although Daphne became a tree, Apollo still liked her very much. He clung to the trunk and the leaves rustled. "You will be my tree," he said. "You will be evergreen all the year round and become the winner." From then on, Apollo honored the laurel as his sacred tree, and his hair, piano and quiver were decorated with branches and leaves of the laurel. Every year, he selects the best poets in Greece and gives them a crown made of cassia twig as a symbol of glory, as well as to all those who have made achievements. This is the origin of "Poet Laureate" and "Laureate".