Comparing Ovid's Apollo And Daphne

Apollo and Daphne was such an intriguing excerpt! This story had multiples meanings, but the meaning which I think Ovid is trying to convey the most is “Never underestimate the little man.” My reason for this belief is because in the beginning, readers are introduced to Apollo in a high state off of his victory against Python. He then walks up and belittles Cupid, asking, “What are you doing with such manly arms?” When he asks that question then, we as readers can tell that Apollo feels as if Cupid’s weapons were no match for his. Cupid, on the other hand, felt otherwise; he felt as if Apollo’s weapons were no more victorious than those of his own. Cupid responds to Apollo saying, “Your arrow may strike everything; mine will strike you: as animals to gods, your glory is so much less than mine!” In hopes of proving Apollo to be …show more content…
She is running from him, just as animals run from their enemy while Apollo pleads that he loves her, thus cannot be an enemy. “Wretched that I am: I’m fearful that you’ll fall, brambles will tear your flesh because of me!” He insists that she slows down, afraid that she might fall, yet he does not stop chasing her. Apollo goes on to brag of his many talents, until finally he stops talking and begins to run faster, “He in hope and she in terror race.” Finally Daphne sees her father Peneus and she cries to him, “Help me, dear father! If your waters hold divinity, transform me and destroy that beauty by which I have too well pleased!” Her father held the title of the river “god” and just as we pray to our God and he answers our prayers; so did he father. Daphne’s wish comes true and she appears in the form of a tree, still withholding the same beauty just in a different form. That still did not stop Apollo; however, he loved her still even in this form. He tells her, “Although you cannot be my bride,””You assuredly will be my own tree, O Laurel”. He declares to her how her leaves will make up his crown, and also decorate his musical