<P> In Greek mythology, Hyacinth was given various parentage, providing local links, as the son of Clio and Pierus, or of king Oebalus of Sparta, or of king Amyclas of Sparta, progenitor of the people of Amyclae, dwellers about Sparta . His cult at Amykles dates from Mycenaean Greece . </P> <P> In the literary myth, Hyacinth was a beautiful youth and lover of the god Apollo, though he was also admired by Zephyrus, the West Wind . Apollo and Hyacinth took turns throwing the discus . Hyacinth ran to catch it to impress Apollo, was struck by the discus as it fell to the ground, and died . A twist in the tale makes Zephyrus responsible for the death of Hyacinth . His beauty caused a feud between Zephyrus and Apollo . Jealous that Hyacinth preferred the radiant Apollo, Zephyrus blew Apollo's discus off course to kill Hyacinth . </P> <P> When Hyacinth died, Apollo did not allow Hades to claim the youth; rather, he made a flower, the hyacinth, from his spilled blood . According to Ovid's account, the tears of Apollo stained the newly formed flower's petals with the sign of his grief . </P> <P> The flower of the mythological Hyacinth has been identified with a number of plants other than the true hyacinth, such as the iris . According to a local Spartan version of the myth, Hyacinth and his sister Polyboea were taken to Elysium by Aphrodite, Athena and Artemis . </P>

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