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From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], a [[nymph]], sworn to avoid [[sexual intercourse]] and stay chaste, but who is desired by [[Apollo]]; she calls out for help from her father, a [[river]] [[Greek god|god]], and she turns into a laurel [[tree]]. Source: [[Elizabeth Vandiver]], [[Classics]] [[scholarship|scholar]], authority on Greek mythology and [[Greek tragedy]], including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Virgil]]. This definition is based on her course ''Classical Mythology'' for [[The Teaching Company]].
From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], a [[nymph]], sworn to avoid [[sexual intercourse]] and stay chaste, but who is desired by [[Apollo]]; she calls out for help from her father, a [[river]] [[Greek god|god]], and she turns into a laurel [[tree]].

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Daphne [r]: From Greek mythology, a nymph, sworn to avoid sexual intercourse and stay chaste, but who is desired by Apollo; she calls out for help from her father, a river god, and she turns into a laurel tree.