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| Picture No | 10082030 |
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| Description | Daphne Flees Apollo |
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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
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| Source | engraving by I Briot in Renouard's translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, circa 1610, page 23 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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