This deity’s “Philesius” aspect was worshipped at Milesian temples alongside a lover of this deity named Branchus. After being spurned in favor of this deity, Thamyris loses a competition to the Muses and has his eyes gouged out. After accidentally killing a stag gifted to him by this deity, Cyparissus is turned into a cypress tree. This deity gets the Fates drunk in a plan leading Alcestis to sacrifice herself in the place of King Admetus. A jealous Zephyrus redirects a discus to kill a man whose blood this god turns into the hyacinth flower. To save her from this god’s advances, Peneus turns his daughter Daphne into a laurel tree. For 10 points, the gift of prophecy is often bestowed on the lovers of what Greek god of music? ■END■
ANSWER: Apollo [or Apollon; or Phoebus Apollo]
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