Daphne

Janelle McKain

Daphne

Pencil on Arches watercolor paper
Greek mythology – Daphne
According to Greek myth, Apollo chased the nymph Daphne. The Olympian god’s infatuation was supposedly caused by an arrow from Eros, who wanted to make Apollo pay for making fun of his archery skills and to demonstrate the power of love’s arrow.
Daphne prays for help either to the river god Peneus or to Gaia, and is transformed into a laurel (Laurus nobilis): “a heavy numbness seized her limbs, thin bark closed over her breast, her hair turned into leaves, her arms into branches, her feet so swift a moment ago stuck fast in slow-growing roots, her face was lost in the canopy. Only her shining beauty was left.” The laurel became sacred to Apollo, and crowned the victors at the Pythian Games. Most artistic impressions of the myth focus on the moment of transformation.

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Daphne by Janelle McKain
Daphne by Janelle McKain

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