Crossword-Solution: HYACINTHUS
We have 8 clues for the answer “HYACINTHUS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| APOLLO, beautiful youth beloved by | 1 answer |
| APOLLO, youth beloved by | 1 answer |
| BEAUTIFUL youth beloved by Apollo and Zephyrus | 1 answer |
| YOUTH beloved by Apollo and Zephyrus | 1 answer |
| ZEPHYRUS, beautiful youth beloved by | 1 answer |
| ZEPHYRUS, youth beloved by | 1 answer |
| APOLLO, victim of | 3 answers |
| BEAUTIFUL youth | 8 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree;
supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this
application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. Sir
J. Davies.
Hint 2 anagram
NEIIDV
Hint 3 another clue
"Delicious!"
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Sentences with HYACINTHUS (5)
HYACINTHUS BY OVID (ADAPTED) Once when the golden-beamed Apollo roamed the earth, he made a companion of Hyacinthus, the son of King Amyclas of Lacedaemon; and him he loved with an exceeding great love, for the lad was beautiful beyond compare.
And as violets and lilies, when their stems are crushed, hang their languid blossoms on their stalks and wither away, so did Hyacinthus droop his beautiful head and die.
Among the best for telling are: Arachne Pandora Midas Apollo and Daphne Apollo and Hyacinthus Narcissus Latona and the Rustics Proserpine [Footnote 1: A well-nigh indispensable book for teachers is Guerber's _Myths of Greece and Rome_, which contains in brief form a complete collection of the classic myths.] CHAPTER III ADAPTATION OF STORIES FOR TELLING It soon becomes easy to pick out from a collection such stories as can be well told; but at no time is it easy to find a sufficient number of such stories.
There followeth, for the latter part of January and February, the mezereon-tree, which then blossoms; crocus vernus, both the yellow and the grey; primroses, anemones; the early tulippa; hyacinthus orientalis; chamairis; fritellaria.
And Idas slew Promeus, and Clytius Hyacinthus, and the two sons of Tyndareus slew Megalossaces and Phlogius.
Quotes with HYACINTHUS (2)
They see nothing indecent in sexual intercourse, whether heterosexual or homosexual, and indulge in it quite openly, in full view of everyone. The only exception was Socrates, who was always swearing that his relations with young men were purely Platonic, but nobody believed him for a moment, and Hyacinthus and Narcissus gave first-hand evidence to the contrary.
My two greatest loves were, of course, Daphne and Hyacinthus, but when you're a god as popular as