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TheancientGreekmythAppolloandDaphne‘sstory（阿波罗和达芙妮的故事）ThesungodAppolloisoneoftheTwelveGodsofOlympus,ZeusandtheDarkGoddessLeto‘sson.（太阳神阿波罗是希腊奥林匹斯十二主神之一，是宙斯与黑暗女神勒托的儿子.）DaphneisthedaughterofAlpheusandPeinaUst.Shewasalovelybloomingfairymaiden．达芙妮是河神和佩娜乌斯的女儿，她是位妩媚动人的仙女。Oneday,ApolloCupidholdingabowandarrowtoplay.HewasbluntwithCupidsaid:Hey!Bowandarrowisaverydangerousthing,achildshouldnotbeusedtoplayCupidbyApollosoasay,andmyheartisnotconvinced有一次，阿波罗看到爱神丘比特正拿著弓箭玩。他不客气跟丘比特说：「喂!弓箭是很危险的东西，小孩子不要随便拿来玩。」丘比特被阿波罗这么一说，心里很不服气。Cupidisveryangry,andwanttomakeApollotasteabitofpain,sohethoughtofaway.丘比特很生气，想要让阿波罗尝点苦头，于是他想到了一个办法。CupidwithgoldarrowsofthelovetoApollo,anotheronecanstoplovearrowsatthebeautifulDaphne.爱神丘比特用黄金爱情之箭射向了阿波罗，把另外一只能够止住爱情的箭射向了达芙妮。AppolloseebeautifulDaphneisdeeplyinlovewithher.ButDaphnehatesAppolloanddonotwanttoseehim.阿波罗看到美丽的达芙妮就深深的爱上了她。但是达芙妮很讨厌阿波罗，一点都不想看到他AppollowanttopursueDaphne,soasktoVenus,Venussaid:girlsarelikeflowers,theflowersarethebestexpressionofthegiftoflove,thegirlsseetheflowersherwillseeherself.”Buthefailed.阿波罗想追求达芙妮于是向维纳斯请教，维纳斯说:“女孩子都喜欢花，花是最能表达爱情的礼物，女孩子看到花就会看到自己。”但是他失败了。ThenApolloaskedHera,Herasaid:“Givethegiftofthegirlsmustbevaluable,itisbestgem,gemsentthegreater,themoreloveinreturn.”Sadly,hefailedagain.阿波罗又向赫拉请教，赫拉告诉他：“送给女孩子的礼物必须贵重，最好是宝石，送的宝石最大，回报的爱也就越多。”可悲的是，他又一次失败了。TheApollodecisionhasbeenchasingDaphne,Daphnewasscaredsoranalltheway.阿波罗决定一直追着达芙妮，达芙妮很害怕所以就一直跑。Daphnenowheretogoandpraytoherfathertherivergod,tofleetheApollo,intowhatdoesnotmatter.Eventuallysheturnedintoalaurel达芙妮无路可走了，就向她父亲河神祈祷，只要能逃离阿波罗，变成什么都无所谓。最终她变成了一棵月桂树。Apollotoshowhisundyingloveforthemaiden，hedecidedthatthelaurelwouldbehisfavoritetreeandshouldbetheprizeofhonourandfamefordeathlesspoetsandpoetry．Thusthemostoutstandingpoetalwaysdesirestobemadeapoetlaureate．为了表示他对仙女未泯的爱情，他将月桂树作为他最喜爱的树种，并决定将它作为一种对荣誉与威望的奖励，把它授予那些永恒的诗人和流芳百世的诗。因此最杰出的诗人总希望获得桂冠诗人的尊号。