. "a beautiful Spartan youth , son of Œbalus , beloved by Apollo , and accidentally killed by a blow of his quoit; from his blood sprang the flower of the same name , marked with the exclamation ." . "a beautiful Spartan youth , son of Œbalus , beloved by Apollo , and accidentally killed by a blow of his quoit; from his blood sprang the flower of the same name , marked with the exclamation ." . .