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Classical Mythology and Ancient History > metamorphoses ~ classical mythology > metamorphoses of male persons into plants and flowers > Ajax' blood changed into a hyacinth: after Ajax has taken his own life, his blood is changed into a hyacinth (Ovid, Metamorphoses X 207; XIII 390)

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97B2Ajax' blood changed into a hyacinth: after Ajax has taken his own life, his blood is changed into a hyacinth (Ovid, Metamorphoses X 207; XIII 390)  

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Subject

  • Ajax
  • ancient history
  • blood
  • classical antiquity
  • flower
  • history
  • hyacinth
  • man
  • metamorphosis
  • mythology
  • Ovid, Metamorphoses 10
  • Ovid, Metamorphoses 13
  • plant
  • suicide
  • transformation

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