Pitys

A nymph whom the gods changed into a fir tree when she fled from the embraces of Pan. The tree was ever after sacred to the gods.

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References

Sources

  • Bartelink, Dr. G.J.M. (1988). Prisma van de mythologie. Utrecht: Het Spectrum.
  • Lucian. Dialogues of the Gods xxii, 4.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.
  • Virgil. Eclogues vii, 24, with Voss's note.