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Giulio Romano, Apollo and Kyparissos (1596), Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden

In Greek mythology, the Chian myth tells of Cyparissus (greek: κυπάρρισσος; latin: cupressus) ), a young boy and son of Telephus, was one of Apollo's lovers. Apollo gave the boy a tame deer as a companion but Cyparissus accidentally killed it with a javelin as it lay asleep in the undergrowth. Cyparissus asked Apollo to let his tears fall forever. Apollo turned the sad boy into a cypress tree, which was said to be a sad tree because the sap forms droplets like tears on the trunk. He was one of the trees Orpheus charmed.

The Transformation Of Cyparissus Print by Domenichino and Assistants

The Transformation of Cyparissus, Domenichino and Assistants

Cyparissus Print by Cornelis Cort

Cyparissus, Cornelis Cort

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