Daphne (opera) of love she becomes fearful and runs out. At the festival of Dionysos, Leukippos is among the women wearing Daphne's dress, and he invites her to dance. Believing him to be a woman she agrees, but the strange herdsman stops the dance with a thunderclap and says she has been deceived. Daphne answers that both Leukippos and the stranger are in disguise, and the stranger reveals himself as the sun-god Apollo. Daphne refuses both her suitors, and Apollo pierces Leukippos with an arrow. Daphne mourns with the dying Leukippos. Apollo is filled with regret. He asks Zeus to give Daphne
Ceylon tree nymph sea level to about . They usually inhabit the sub-canopies of lowland tropical rain forests. The other variety, which is larger and lighter coloured, is found in the low country dry zone. They are usually encountered near water courses. Since the Ceylon tree nymph requires very little effort to fly, its wing beats are very slow, so slow that the individual movements of each wing can be easily observed. Most of its time is spent flying and hovering in the high tree canopies. However, it descends to ground level to feed and to breed, but does not rest on the