Hyacinth

First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.3

In Apollodorus, Library 1.3, Hyacinth is presented as the son of Pierus and Clio. Thamyris, the son of Philammon and Argiope, conceived a passion for him, and later Apollo loved him. Apollo “killed him involuntarily by the cast of a quoit,” making him both Hyacinth’s lover and, through that accidental death, his enemy.

In Library 3.10, Hyacinth is instead named as a son of Amyclas and Diomede, alongside Cynortes, and is again said to have been loved and accidentally killed by Apollo with a quoit. In Library 3.15, he is called the father of Antheis, Aegleis, Lytaea, and Orthaea.

Relationship record

Life events

• Apollo accidentally killed Hyacinth with a quoit.(Apollodorus, Library 1.3)
  • With: Apollo
  • “But afterwards Apollo loved Hyacinth and killed him involuntarily by the cast of a quoit.”
• Apollo accidentally killed Hyacinth with a quoit.(Apollodorus, Library 3.10)
  • With: Apollo
  • “They say that this Hyacinth was beloved of Apollo and killed by him involuntarily with the cast of a quoit.”

Apollodorus, Library 1.3

• parent: Pierus “and having met him she bore him a son Hyacinth,”
• parent: Clio “and having met him she bore him a son Hyacinth,”
• courtship with Thamyris “for whom Thamyris, the son of Philammon and a nymph Argiope, conceived a passion,”
• courtship with Apollo “But afterwards Apollo loved Hyacinth and killed him involuntarily by the cast of a quoit.”
• admirer: Thamyris “for whom Thamyris, the son of Philammon and a nymph Argiope, conceived a passion”
• admirer: Apollo “But afterwards Apollo loved Hyacinth”
• enemies with Apollo “But afterwards Apollo loved Hyacinth and killed him involuntarily by the cast of a quoit”

Apollodorus, Library 3.10

• parent: Amyclas “Amyclas and Diomede, daughter of Lapithus, had sons, Cynortes and Hyacinth.”
• parent: Diomede “Amyclas and Diomede, daughter of Lapithus, had sons, Cynortes and Hyacinth.”
• courtship with Apollo “They say that this Hyacinth was beloved of Apollo”

Apollodorus, Library 3.15

• child: Antheis “Hyacinth, the father of the damsels”
• child: Aegleis “Hyacinth, the father of the damsels”
• child: Lytaea “Hyacinth, the father of the damsels”
• child: Orthaea “Hyacinth, the father of the damsels”

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Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.