Tags: Mythological Figure.
In Greek mythology Daphnis (/ˈdæfnɨs/; Ancient Greek: Δάφνις from δάφνη daphne Bay Laurel) was a Sicilian shepherd who was said to be the inventor of pastoral poetry. According to tradition he was the son of Hermes and a nymph despite which Daphnis himself was mortal. Daphnis is also described and shown as an eromenos. His mother was said to have exposed him under a laurel tree where he was found by shepherds and named after the tree under which he was found.
