Parnasso in festa his own love life, when, enamoured of the nymph Daphne, he pursued her with lustful intent, but she prayed to the gods to be spared and was transformed into a laurel tree. As if embarrassed by this story, Apollo invites all to join him in drinking in praise of Bacchus. Mars, god of war, leads everyone in a drinking song, and Clio joins in the spirit of things so much that she begins to feel inebriated, much to the amusement of Orpheus' mother, Calliope, muse of epic poetry, and the chorus. The muses sing in turn in praise of Orpheus'
Amphissa (mythology) disguise of a shepherd. Their story was one of the images Arachne wove into her weaving, along with other disguises that Apollo, Zeus, Poseidon and Dionysus used when seducing mortal women and nymphs. Hyginus makes mention of Euboea, a daughter of a Macareus and the mother of Agreus by Apollo; this may or may not be an alternate version of Amphissa's story. Amphissa was also an alternate name for Metope, the daughter of King Echetus. Amphissa (mythology) In Greek mythology, Amphissa (Ancient Greek: Ἄμφισσα) was a daughter of Macareus, a lover of Apollo and the eponym of the city Amphissa