1) Apollo fell in love with Daphne but she didn't love him back, so she turned into a laurel tree to escape. Apollo made the laurel his symbol. 2) Arethusa was pursued by the river god Alpheus. The goddess Artemis turned Arethusa into a spring to save her. Alpheus' river still mixes with Arethusa's spring. 3) The elderly couple Baucis and Philemon were the only people who helped Zeus and Hermes in disguise. The gods rewarded them by allowing them to stay together until death and turn them into trees.