Hyacinthus Myth. While playing a game of quoits with apollo hyacinthus was killed by a jealous zephyros. His cult at amyclae southwest of sparta dates from the mycenaean era.
When his wife eurydice dies and goes to the underworld orpheus follows her to win her back. The story of hyacinthus is one of the fantastic stories featured in ancient mythology and legends. He is promised that she will walk just behind him as he leaves the underworld but if he looks back even once she will be returned to death.
Hyacinthus was a mortal in greek mythology.
His cult at amyclae southwest of sparta dates from the mycenaean era. According to the usual version his great beauty attracted the love of apollo who killed him accidentally while teaching him to throw the discus. The literary myths serve to link him to local cults and to identify him with apollo. Hyacinthus was the son of pierus of magnesia and clio the muse of history.
