Seems a bit unfair that she ends up as a tree when Pan wanted to rape her.
2006-07-15 00:27:42 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
edit: no, Daphne was a nymph, not a human.
2006-07-15 00:34:31 · update #1
Definite deviant tendencies, old Apollo. I mean? Turn trees into nymphs, what's not to like? We don't look a gift horse in mouth round here.
2006-07-15 05:37:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Because turning Daphne into a laurel tree was the easier option.
2006-07-15 07:32:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Women are bad, so must be punished.
Men stick together.
Apollo didn't think about Pan's horny nature...
Think about the fact that these stories are VERY old, the times were different then.
Pan was a demigod, Daphne human, right?...
2006-07-15 07:33:38 · answer #3 · answered by lrad1952 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you read most mythology the Gods did not battle with themselves. They took out there anger or joy on the people of the earth. The people of the time used Mythology to explain their hardships. They were being punished, rewarded or tested because of the Gods whims. In all the story's the Hero's or Heroin's are the humans. The Gods all had faults.
2006-07-15 07:36:36 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well......some women would rather die than lose their honour, and Laurels are very nice trees.
I guess Apollo wasn't into gratuitous violence.
If he'd just beaten Pan up,there would be very little for us to discuss!!!!
2006-07-15 07:37:27 · answer #5 · answered by Suzita 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why didn't he turn her into a daphne bush is what I'd like to know...nothing smells as sweet as daphne!
2006-07-15 07:35:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL
It's like you asking me why the fairy turned a pumpkin in to the carriage for Cinderella and not the Apple.
These are stories, you read them and enjoy them when you are small - like before attending age or not knowing what masturbating is :)
2006-07-15 07:32:49 · answer #7 · answered by R G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
could have been worse - apollo could have used the old pillar of salt routine
2006-07-15 07:31:02 · answer #8 · answered by Gallivanting Galactic Gadfly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
life sucks
2006-07-15 07:30:47 · answer #9 · answered by el.tuco 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋