A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1876)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York: Hurd and Houghton ; Cambridge : Riverside Press · leaf 459
naiis fled toArgos with his daughters because he feared the sons of his brother,but they pursued him to Argos and demanded his daughters aswives. He consented, but he gave to each daughter a dagger, with 440 ANCIENT MYTHS which to kill her husband in the bridal chamber. All did this saveone,… … Danaids. (Mus. Pio Clem. Visconti.)*, Daphne. Daughter of Peneus, the river god of Thessaly.Apollo loved her and pursued her, but when about to reach her, sheprayed for aid and became a laurel tree. On this account thelaurel was the favorite tree of the god. Daphnis. Son of Hermes (Mercury) by a…
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