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Apollo kills the Python, which had terrorized Delos. Cupid and Venus punish his pride by making him fall in love with the nymph Daphne, while another arrow makes her flee from him. Daphne calls to her mother for help and is transformed into a laurel tree. Apollo makes the laurel his enduring emblem.
At the wedding celebration of Margherita de’ Medici and Odoardo Farnese, Hymen presents the story of Chloris and Zephyrus. The gods arrange their union, but Cupid’s jealousy and Pan’s false accusation separate them, bringing storms to Tuscany. The truth is restored, spring returns, and Zephyrus transforms Chloris into Flora, goddess of flowers; Apollo celebrates Florence in the finale.
Apollo kills the Python, which had terrorized Delos. Cupid and Venus punish his pride by making him fall in love with the nymph Daphne, while another arrow makes her flee from him. Daphne calls to her mother for help and is transformed into a laurel tree. Apollo makes the laurel his enduring emblem.
At the wedding celebration of Margherita de’ Medici and Odoardo Farnese, Hymen presents the story of Chloris and Zephyrus. The gods arrange their union, but Cupid’s jealousy and Pan’s false accusation separate them, bringing storms to Tuscany. The truth is restored, spring returns, and Zephyrus transforms Chloris into Flora, goddess of flowers; Apollo celebrates Florence in the finale.