What is the flower language of hyacinth? Latest detailed explanation of the story and legend

Hyacinthus was the son of the Muse Clio and Pierus, King of Macedon. He was a beautiful youth beloved by the god Apollo. In Greek mythology, Hyacinthus was accidentally killed when Apollo threw a discus. According to the legend, from Hyacinthus's pool of blood grew a beautiful flower named after him, called the hyacinth. Now let us look at the story and legend behind the hyacinth's flower language!

Legend has it that the handsome young man Hyacinthus and the sun god Apollo were good friends, while the west wind god Zephyrus also loved Hyacinthus very much and was often jealous because of it. But Hyacinthus always preferred Apollo and often played with him. One day, when they were happily throwing the discus on the grassland, Zephyrus, hiding in the bushes, happened to discover them. He felt very unhappy and wanted to play a trick on them.

When Apollo threw the discus toward Hyacinthus, the jealous west wind god secretly blew hard from the side, and the heavy discus struck Hyacinthus on the forehead. In an instant, blood poured out like a pillar, and the handsome youth thus breathed his last. In his panic, Apollo sorrowfully picked up his lifeless friend and sighed, “Alas! Alas!” He saw blood continuously gushing from Hyacinthus's wound, falling to the ground and flowing into the grass.

Before long, clusters of purple flowers actually bloomed among the grass. To express his apology, Apollo used the name of the beautiful youth as the flower's name, which we translate literally as “hyacinth.” Since then, the purple hyacinth has been regarded by later generations as the representative of “jealousy”; in Greek, Ai and Aei (meaning “forever”) are synonymous, so the hyacinth also symbolizes “eternal remembrance.” Europeans and Americans often carve the hyacinth pattern on the tombstones of their loved ones to show “everlasting remembrance.”