"Flora and Zephyr" published on May 28,1933 in the American Weekly Sunday magazine painted by Edmund Dulac. Zephyr was the West Wind. Flora was the Goddess of Flowers. Apollo, God of the Day, was extremely fond of Hyacinthus, who was a beautiful youth. One day when Apollo was playing quoits- a game like throwing the horseshoes-with Hyacinthus, Zephyr happened along. He blew on the quoit which had just left Apollo’s hand. It struck Hyacinthus and killed him. Grieving Apollo turned him into a flower. It would have been difficult to punish Zephyr, because he was the favorite wind of mariners...
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In 1923, “Edmund Dulac, the Distinguished English Artist, ” as he was billed on the covers, was contracted by the Hearst organization to paint watercolors for The American Weekly Sunday magazine. The contract lasted 30 years and Dulac painted 107 watercolors for thirteen different series until his last Arabian Nights in 1951.