Hyacinth A member of the lily family, the hyacinth gets its very name from a myth – in this case, the beautiful Spartan Hyacinthus. As told by the Greek god Apollo, who loved Hyacinth, the two were playing a truly bromantic game of discus when the discus accidentally struck Hyacinthus and killed him. Some versions of the story say the discus was blown awry by the wind god Zephyr, who also loved Hyacinthus (and clearly needed to work out some jealousy issues…). As Apollo wept over Hyacinthus, a flower sprang from the ground where he’d died, and Apollo named it after him. #info #EverythingsInfo
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