THE FLOWER MYTHS

Author: Edith HamiltonCreated by: Darren Guinto and

Francisco Gonzalez

ADONIS Lineage: According to “Ovid

metamorphoses” Adonis was born from a tree that burst thus the creation of the infant.

Symbol: He symbolizes the flower Adonis, and the power of beauty and love

Power(s): He does not possess any power but his blood created the Adonis flower

Weakness: Mortality

ADONIS Identification: He was beautiful and

many people liked him, even the gods. Especially Aphrodite and Persephone.

Epithet(s): The windflower Allusion(s): A flower by the name Adonis

refers the Greek myth. It is common for people to call a handsome person an “Adonis”

NARCISSUS There is not a defined lineage for

Narcissus Symbol: Beauty, destruction, self-

absorbent, power, selfishness. Power(s): He was very beautiful and

attracted many maidens and Nymph

NARCISSUS Weaknesses: He only loved himself and

turned away even the fairest maidens. Identification: He was very beautiful, yet

self- absorbed. He lacked the ability to love another. Echo was a nymph that loved him.

Allusion(s): A flower named narcissus refers to the Greek Myth. The word Narcissist comes from the Greek word “Narcissus” and is used to define someone whom is self- absorbed and selfish.

HYACINTH Lineage: Son of Clio and Pierus He also symbolizes beauty and its power Powers: He was beautiful and rather

strong, he was able to throw a discus the same distance as the god Apollo

HYACINTH Weakness: Mortality Identification: He was beautiful and

loved by the god Apollo and the west wind, Zephyr. Zephyr, whom also loved Hyacinth became jealous and blew a discus upon Hyacinth and caused him to die.

Allusions: The flower hyacinth refers to the Greek Myth.

THE DEATH OF ADONIS Adonis shared half of the year with

Persephone (Queen of the dead) which was Autumn and Winter, and the other half with Aphrodite, which was Spring and Summer.

Adonis was told to only hunt weak animals but instead he attacked boar, the boar killed him thus creating the Adonis flower with his blood.

THE DEATH OF NARCISSUS He drowned because he was self

absorbed. He fell in love with his reflection in a pool of water and fell in. Thus a flower being born from his dead body.

THE DEATH OF HYACINTH He and Apollo were throwing a discus.

Apollo loved Hyacinth but the West wind Zephyr became jealous of their love and caused the discus to strike Adonis. Thus the birth of the Adonis flower.