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Apollo, God of Traumatic Transformations… the Many Mythologies of Daphne

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

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Let's Talk About Mids looks at Daphne, the nymph who turned herself into a tree to escape Apollo. The story appears most famously in Ovid's Metamorphoses but there are other sources which speak of that nymph and her relationship with Apollo. A quick note that this is a particularly graphic story of attempted assault. It is explicit if you need to take care of yourself and avoid it.

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