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If you ever crush on someone so hard that their dad turns them into a tree to escape your attention…maybe it's time to reevaluate your flirting technique. Just a suggestion.
Transcript
- 00:05
Apollo, a la Shmoop.
- 00:08
Oh, hey guys. My name is Apollo, and I’m here to tell you about...um...
- 00:12
Gods, I don’t even remember what I’m supposed to be talking about.
- 00:15
I guess I’ve been a little bummed lately, you know?
- 00:18
The girl I love can never be mine.
Full Transcript
- 00:20
I’m sure you’re thinking… how could Apollo be so lovesick?
- 00:24
He’s one of the most popular gods.
- 00:27
Not only is he the god of light...
- 00:29
...he’s the god of music and prophecy.
- 00:33
He’s got everything going for him.
- 00:35
What girl…mortal or immortal… would ever say no to him?
- 00:41
Well, folks, the sad fact is that the girl I love is no girl at all.
- 00:45
I’m actually in love with this tree.
- 00:48
OK, that probably sounded weird. Allow me to explain....
- 00:51
This laurel tree was once a beautiful nymph named Daphne <<DAFF-knee>>.
- 00:56
She was the daughter of the river god Peneus <<puh-KNEE-iss>>,
- 00:59
and she lived a perfect life with her dad and sister nymphs.
- 01:03
Her life was perfect… at least until I came along.
- 01:06
See, I used to be pretty full of myself.
- 01:09
I had reason to be.
- 01:10
But too much pride can bring anybody down.
- 01:14
Even a god.
- 01:16
It all turned bad for me on the day I slew the vicious Python.
- 01:22
I can’t say I feel bad for killing that thing, even if it was an endangered species.
- 01:29
After all, it had tried to eat my mother while she was pregnant
- 01:32
with my twin sister Artemis <<AR-tuh-miss>> and me.
- 01:35
Afterwards, I ran into Cupid and started bragging how awesome a bowman I was,
- 01:40
and that I was better than him...yada yada yada…
- 01:43
Suffice it to say, Cupid did not take it well.
- 01:46
To get me back, he struck me with one of his golden arrows,
- 01:49
cursing me to fall in love with the next person I saw.
- 01:52
As I’m sure you’ve already guessed, the next person I saw was the gorgeous Daphne.
- 01:56
You might be thinking, what’s so bad about falling in love with a beautiful nymph?
- 02:00
You ever watch The Bachelor?
- 02:02
The thing is that Cupid also struck Daphne with a lead-tipped arrow
- 02:05
that made her never want to love anybody at all.
- 02:09
Next thing I know, I’m chasing her through the woods like a major creeper.
- 02:13
It was crazy. One moment I was on top of the world, and the next I’m a stalker extraordinaire.
- 02:18
Poor Daphne was terrified and called out to her father, begging for help.
- 02:22
For some unknown reason, Peneus decided the only way to help
- 02:25
his daughter was to turn her into a laurel tree.
- 02:30
I felt super bad about everything, and I did what I could to make it better.
- 02:33
I used my godly powers to make the laurel forever green.
- 02:38
To remember her, I always wear a wreath of laurel leaves in my hair.
- 02:42
It’s just not enough, though, guys. This laurel wreath can never replace her.
- 02:45
Even though she’s made of wood, my heart still beats for her.
- 02:51
If only Peneus had turned my heart into wood as well…
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