Daphne

Daphne was a naiade, a river nymph. She became the unwilling object of the infatuation of Apollo, who chased her against her wishes. Just before being kissed by him, Daphne invoked her river god father, who transformed her into a laurel tree, thus foiling Apollo. 

Ten years later, the philosopher Krokos passed the laurel bush. A crow fluttered nervously around the foliage and aroused his attention. Before his eyes the laurel bush dwindled...