Apollo afterwards wore the laurel tree branch as a wreath upon his head.
Daphne
Daphne prayed to her father Peneus or in other versions, Gaia, to be turned into a tree to spur Apollo's advances.
Apollo honors Daphne by making the laurel tree his sacred tree. Daphne is turned into a laurel tree to save her from being raped by Apollo. Eros trying to prove to Apollo his bow was truly powerful shot Apollo with a golden arrow of love, and Daphne with an iron arrow forever turning her away from love.
Daphne, who fled from Apollo, turned into a laurel tree, and Apollo made a wreath of the boughs to put upon his head.
Apollo afterward wore the bough of the laurel tree as a wreath about his head.
Apollo fell in love with a nymph named Daphne who he loved, but she didn't love him so he chased her and when he caught her she turned into a laurel tree.
The nymph, nod goddess, Daphne was changed into a tree in order to escape Apollo who was pursuing her.
Daphne.
To protect her from Apollo
The nymph, nod goddess, Daphne was changed into a tree in order to escape Apollo who was pursuing her.
In Greek mythology, Daphne was transformed into a laurel tree. This transformation occurred when she sought refuge from the advances of the god Apollo, who was pursuing her. Her metamorphosis into a tree was her father's (the river god Peneus) way of fulfilling Daphne's wish to escape Apollo's pursuit.
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