Hyacinthia (The second most important of Spartan festivals

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• Hyacinthus — /huy euh sin theuhs/, n. Class. Myth. a youth loved but accidentally killed by Apollo: from the youth s blood sprang the hyacinth. * * * In Greek mythology, a young man of great beauty who attracted the love of Apollo. The god killed him… …   Universalium

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