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• 9 · Classical Mythology and Ancient History
• 97 · metamorphoses ~ classical mythology

97B · metamorphoses of male persons into plants and flowers

• 97B1 · Adonis' blood changed into an anemone or a rose: when Adonis is slain by a boar, Venus changes his blood into an anemone or a rose (Ovid, Metamorphoses X 735)
• 97B2 · Ajax' blood changed into a hyacinth: after Ajax has taken his own life, his blood is changed into a hyacinth (Ovid, Metamorphoses X 207; XIII 390)
• 97B3 · Ampelus changed into a vine: after having fallen to his death from a bull, Ampelus, the favourite of Bacchus, is changed into a vine
• 97B4 · Attis' blood changed into violets: when Attis, the favourite of Cybele, castrates himself, his blood is changed into violets
• 97B5 · Hyacinthus' blood changed into a hyacinth: when Hyacinthus is accidentally killed by Apollo with a discus, the god changes his blood into a hyacinth
• 97B6 · Narcissus changed into a narcissus: when Narcissus is pining away for the love of his image reflected from the water, he is changed into a narcissus (Ovid, Metamorphoses III 510)