The Argonautica

Delphyne

Role: monster · First appears: Book II 6

Book II 6

  • enemies with Apollo (The hymn recounts Apollo’s slaying of Delphyne.) “how once beneath the rocky ridge of Parnassus he slew with his bow the monster Delphyne, he, still young and beardless, still rejoicing in his long tresses.”

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