The mournful[a] Myrice was transformed into a tamarix tree (μυρίκη in ancient Greek),[2][3][4] possibly by Aphrodite, as the tamarisk was her sacred tree.[5] The implication seems to be that Myrice was grieving the death of her kinsman Adonis, who was gored by a boar during hunting.[6] Additionally, a Hellenistic and Roman-era cult dedicated to Myricaean Apollo (Μυρικαίος Ἀπόλλων, "Apollo of the Tamarisk") is attested on the Northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos.[7][8]
Hesychius of Alexandria (1792). Hesychii Lexicon ex codice ms. Bibliothecae D. Marci restitutum et ab omnibus Musuri correctionibus repurgatum, sive, Supplementa ad editionem Hesychii Albertinam (in Greek). Translated by Schow Niels. Lipsiae.