Daphne Flees Apollo
She is beloved by Apollo, but has vowed to remain a virgin, so she flees him and when he nearly catches her, changes into a bay or laurel tree : her leaves become a symbol
Picture No
10082030
Media ID
47295950
Size
4198px x 3457px
(3.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
engraving by I Briot in Renouard's translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, circa 1610, page 23
