Hyacinthus

American  

[hahy-uh-sin-thuhs] / ˌhaɪ əˈsɪn θəs /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a youth loved but accidentally killed by Apollo: from the youth's blood sprang the hyacinth.

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Hyacinthus British  

/ ˌhaɪəˈsɪnθəs /

noun

1. Greek myth a youth beloved of Apollo and inadvertently killed by him. At the spot where the youth died, Apollo caused a flower to grow

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Example Sentences

“I fell in love with a mortal named Hyacinthus. He was quite extraordinary.”

From Literature

“As Hyacinthus died, Apollo turned him into a flower, the hyacinth. I’m sure Apollo would’ve taken horrible vengeance on me, but Cupid offered me his protection. I’d done a terrible thing, but I’d been driven mad by love, so he spared me, on the condition that I work for him forever.”

From Literature

Euripides gives the best account of the festival of Hyacinthus; Apollodorus and Ovid both tell his story.

From Literature

Hyacinthus, they would say, died not slaughtered by his kinsfolk to get food for them, but only because of a sorrowful mistake.

From Literature

This Linus was, like Adonis and Hyacinthus, a type of all lovely young life that dies or is withered before it has borne fruit.

From Literature