Laurel
Laurel · Daphne Metamorphosis and Apollo Sacred Tree
The tree into which the nymph Daphne was transformed while fleeing the pursuit of Apollo. As the sacred tree of Apollo and the medium of the Delphic oracle, and as the source of the triumphal crown placed on the heads of Roman generals, it crosses the Greco-Roman world as a symbol of glory, prophecy, and purification.
