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Le Berger CyparisseThe Shepherd CyparissusCyparissus or Kyparissos (Greek: Κυπάρισσος)figure from Greek mythology (Wikipedia) |
Jean-Esprit Marcellin
c. 1850 |
Sculpture of Cyparissus with in his arms the stag he just killed. Cyparissus was a boy beloved by Apollo. The favorite companion of Cyparissus was a tamed stag, which he accidentally killed with his hunting javelin as it lay sleeping in the woods. The boy's grief was such that it transformed him into a cypress tree, a classical symbol of mourning.
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