Hyacinthus God. The literary myths serve to link him to local cults and to identify him with apollo. He was a beautiful young man who became the lover of the god apollo although he also had the affection of zephyr the god of the west wind.
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Hyacinth ˈhaɪəsɪnθ or hyacinthus is a divine hero and a lover of apollo from greek mythology. Hyacinthus in greek legend a young man of amyclae in laconia. Others related that zephyrus or boreas out of jealousy deflected the discus so that it hit hyacinthus on the head and killed him.
Earlier tales though place hyacinth in magnesia where king magnes was named father of hyacinth or in pieria when king pieros is named such.
Others related that zephyrus or boreas out of jealousy deflected the discus so that it hit hyacinthus on the head and killed him. They include king pierus of macedon or king oebalus of sparta or king amyclas of sparta. He was a beautiful young man who became the lover of the god apollo although he also had the affection of zephyr the god of the west wind. Hyacinthus in greek legend a young man of amyclae in laconia.
