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sion of fables connected with nymphs 

 and goddesses and the old hereditary 

 traditions of his country. Thus the laurel 

 recalled the tale and transformation of 

 Daphne, the object of Apollo's love 

 the cypresses or graces of the vegetable 

 kingdom were the everlasting represen- 

 tatives of Bteocles' daughters, visited by 

 death because they dared to rival the god- 

 desses in dancing the myrtle was a most 

 beautiful maiden of Attica, fairer than all 

 her countrywomen, swifter and more 

 patient of toil than the youth, who there- 

 fore slew her through envy the pine 

 was the tall and graceful mistress of Pan 

 and Boreas the mint that of Pluto- 

 while the rose-campion sprung from the 

 bath of Aphrodite, and the humble cab- 

 bage from the tears of Lycurgus, the 

 enemy of Dionysos." l 



Constant use was also made of flowers 

 and ornamental shrubs in garlands and 

 crowns which were worn upon the head 



1 J. A. St. John, Manners and Customs of 

 Ancient Greece. 



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