Hyacinthus in Wikipedia

Hyacinth or Hyacinthus (in Greek, Ὑάκινθος - Hyakinthos) is a divine hero from Greek mythology. His cult at Amyclae, southwest of Sparta, where his tumulus was located- in classical times at the feet of Apollo's statue in the sanctuary that had been built round the burial mound- dates from the Mycenaean era.[1] The literary myths serve to link him to local cults, and to identify him with Apollo...