{"id":870,"date":"2022-02-22T02:07:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T02:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/?p=870"},"modified":"2022-02-25T07:15:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T07:15:45","slug":"hyacinth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/hyacinth\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyacinth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Play, sport, steadfastness, rebirth, tranquility, and caution are all symbols of play.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hyacinth-Flower-Symbols.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3463\" width=\"768\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hyacinth-Flower-Symbols.webp 768w, https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hyacinth-Flower-Symbols-300x194.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Apollo and Zephyr were both in love with a Greek mortal named Hyakinthos, according to Greek mythology. Both gods were envious of one other&#8217;s feelings for Hyakinthos. Apollo was teaching him how to throw a discus one day. The discus was blown back by Zephyr, the god of the west wind, and hit Hyakinthos in the head, instantly killing him. Hyakinthos&#8217; blood gave rise to a flower, which Apollo named Hyacinth. The Hyacinth is a flower that represents the arrival of spring and renewal in New England. The flower is associated with wisdom and peace of mind in Christianity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play, sport, steadfastness, rebirth, tranquility, and caution are all symbols of play. Apollo and Zephyr were both in love with a Greek mortal named Hyakinthos, according to Greek mythology. Both gods were envious of one other&#8217;s feelings for Hyakinthos. Apollo was teaching him how to throw a discus one day. The discus was blown back &#8230; <a title=\"Hyacinth\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/hyacinth\/\" aria-label=\"More on Hyacinth\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=870"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3490,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870\/revisions\/3490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}