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the greek god apollo, having bested the earth dragon python, mocked his fellow deity eros, for"[having useless powers.":](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway
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so eros found the nymph daphne, who despite being supernaturally beautiful, had sworn to remain chaste for life, and arranged for her to meet with apollo. firing not a golden arrow, but one of his lead arrows into her heart, he fillerd daphne with hatred for what she saw, what she saw being apollo.
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[then he fired a gold arrow into apollo's heart.":](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeartIsAnAwesomePower
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well, things got_*really_* out of hand, and in the end daphne asked her god, peneus to protect her from apollo. he turned her into a laurel tree, so apollo couldn't lust after her any longer. this broke the curse, but could not be undone, so in apology, apollo blessed the laurel with evergreen leaves and declared it sacred, and never laughed at eros's powers again.
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[https://greekgodsandgoddesses.net/myths/apollo-and-daphne/":](https://greekgodsandgoddesses.net/myths/apollo-and-daphne/)
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the greek god apollo, having bested the earth dragon python, mocked his fellow deity eros, for
so eros found the nymph daphne, who despite being supernaturally beautiful, had sworn to remain chaste for life, and arranged for her to meet with apollo. firing not a golden arrow, but one of his lead arrows into her heart, he fille
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[then he fired a gold arrow into apollo's heart.
well, things got
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[https://greekgodsandgoddesses.net/myths/apollo-and-daphne/