<P> Hyacinth / ˈhaɪəsɪnθ / or Hyacinthus (Greek: Ὑάκινθος Huákinthos) is a divine hero from Greek mythology . His cult at Amykles southwest of Sparta dates from the Mycenaean era . A temenos or sanctuary grew up around what was alleged to be his burial mound, which was located in the Classical period at the feet of Apollo's statue . The literary myths serve to link him to local cults, and to identify him with Apollo . </P> <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>

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