The Latin inscription indicates that Hyacinth's blood produces the flower that bears his name, the hyacinth.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Antonio_Tempesta" class="extiw" title="w:en:Antonio Tempesta"><span title="painter from Florence (1555-1630)">Antonio Tempesta</span></a>
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before 1606 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1606-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1606-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
Ovid <i>Metamorfosi</i>, Antwerp, 1606