{"id":12315,"count":1,"description":"Hyacinth (pronounced\u00a0\/\u02c8ha\u026a\u0259s\u026an\u03b8\/) or Hyacinthus (in Greek, \u1f59\u03ac\u03ba\u03b9\u03bd\u03b8\u03bf\u03c2, Hyakinthos) is a divine hero from Greek mythology. His cult at Amyclae, southwest of Sparta, where his tumulus was located\u2014 in classical times at the feet of Apollo's statue in the sanctuary that had been built round the burial mound\u2014 dates from the Mycenaean era. The literary myths serve to link him to local cults, and to identify him with Apollo.\nIn Greek mythology, Hyacinth was given various parentage, providing local links, as the son of Clio and Pierus, King of Macedon, or of king Oebalus of Sparta, or of king Amyclas, progenitor of the people of Amyclae, dwellers about Sparta. His cult at Amyclae, where his tomb was located, at the feet of Apollo's statue, dates from the Mycenaean era.\nIn the literary myth, Hyacinth was a beautiful boy and lover of the god Apollo , though he was also admired by West Wind, Zephyr. Apollo and Hyacinth took turns throwing the discus. Hyacinth ran to catch it to impress Apollo, was...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/hyacinth\/","name":"Hyacinth","slug":"hyacinth","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/12315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=12315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}