Hyacinth (mythology) of the people of Amyclae, dwellers about Sparta. As the son of the latter and Diomedes, Hyacinth was the brother of Cynortus. His cult at Amykles dates from Mycenaean Greece. In Greek mythology, Hyacinth was a very beautiful Spartan prince and lover of the god Apollo. Hyacinth was also admired by the West wind Zephyrus, the North wind Boreas and also by a mortal man named Thamyris. But Hyacinth chose Apollo over the others. The couple indulged themselves in hunting and climbing steep, rough mountains around Sparta. With Apollo, Hyacinth visited all of Apollo's sacred lands in the chariot drawn
HMS Boreas (1757) Port-de-Paix. In late 1760, boats under the command of Lieutenant Millar, first lieutenant of and Lieutenant Stuart, first lieutenant of "Boreas", cut out the privateers "Vainquer" and "Mackau" from Cumberland Harbour, Cuba. The French were forced to burn another, the "Guespe", to prevent her capture. "Trent" lost three men killed and one man wounded and one man missing, and "Boreas" lost one man killed and five men wounded; French casualties are unknown. ASll the casualties occurred in taking "Vainquer" as "Mackau" did not resist. "Boreas" also lost her barge, sunk in the boarding. "Vainquer" was armed with 10 guns, 16