Daphne to demonstrate the power of love's arrow. Eros also shot Daphne, but with a leaden-tipped arrow, the effect of which was to make her flee from Apollo. Elated with sudden love, Apollo chased Daphne contuinally. He tried to make her cease her flight by saying he doesn't wish to hurt her. When she continued fleeing, Apollo lamented that even though he had the knowledge of medicinal herbs, he had failed to cure himself from the wound of Cupid's arrow. When Apollo had caught up with her, Daphne prayed for help to her father, the river god Peneus of Thessaly, who
Afternoon of a Nymph of showbiz." A contemporary reviewer, Maurice Wiggins in "The Sunday Times" described the play negatively as being "a pretentious affair". Hendry and Munro married in 1963. Afternoon of a Nymph Afternoon of a Nymph is an episode of the British "Armchair Theatre" series made by the ITV franchise holder ABC Television and first broadcast by the ITV network on 30 September 1962. It was written by Robert Muller and features Janet Munro and Ian Hendry in the lead roles. It was directed by Philip Saville and produced by Sydney Newman. The second of Muller's seven plays for "Armchair Theatre", Mark