Show laurel in myth mythology 0 logy mythology has it that apollo wooed daphne who to escape him had her father the river god peneda change her into a laurel tree whereupon apollo said to her since you cannot be my wife you yon shall be my tree I 1 will wear you yo for my crown I 1 will decorate you yon with my harp and my quiver and when the great roman conquerors lead up the triumphal pomp to the capital you shall be woven late into wreaths for their brows and as youth Is mine you also shall be always green and your leal leaf know no decay |