apollon'un aşık olduğu peri kızı, defne ağacına çevirildi

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Definition of apollon'un aşık olduğu peri kızı, defne ağacına çevirildi in Turkish English dictionary

(Mitoloji) Daphne

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apollon''un aşık olduğu peri kızı, defne ağacına çevirildi

A dryad pursued by Apollo, who was turned into a laurel tree by the river god Peneus

apollon''un aşık olduğu peri kızı, defne ağacına çevirildi

A female given name

apollon''un aşık olduğu peri kızı, defne ağacına çevirildi

given name, female, from Greek

apollon''un aşık olduğu peri kızı, defne ağacına çevirildi

{i} nymph who was changed into a laurel tree (Classical Mythology); laurel (evergreen shrub); female first name

apollon''un aşık olduğu peri kızı, defne ağacına çevirildi

in ancient Greek stories, a nymph whom the god Apollo fell in love with. When he tried to have sex with her, she ran away, praying to the goddess of the Earth to save her, and so she was changed into a laurel tree. In Greek mythology, the personification of the laurel tree. The beautiful daughter of a river god, Daphne lived a pastoral existence and rejected every lover. When Apollo pursued her, she prayed to Gaea or to her father to save her, whereupon she was transformed into a laurel. Apollo took its leaves to weave garlands that were thenceforth awarded to prize-winning poets. Daphne's other pursuer was Leucippus, who was killed because of Apollo's jealousy

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a·pol·lon·'un a·şık ol·du·ğu pe·ri kı·zı, def·ne a·ğa·cı·na çe·vi·ril·di