Apollo & Daphne

In this myth, Apollo makes fun of Cupid, and Cupid get mad. To revenge himself, he strikes Apollo with passionate love for a nymph, whom he strikes with an abhorrence of love of any kind.

So Apollo is mooning about the nymph, who hates love and spends her days hunting. One day, however, Apollo gets sick of her resisting him and chases her around for a long time (not to sound mean or anything, but that sounds more like something a third-grader would do then a fully grown adult god), and she gets sick of it. She pleads to her father, the river god, to help her, and he turns her into a tree (what a great way to solve the problem).

Apollo is devastated, but since he's such a macho man he still wants to possess her. Therefore, he lovingly cuts off parts of her body to wear on his head.

I sort of liked the trick Cupid played on Apollo. It's a pretty smart way to get revenge, if you think about it. Make on guy passionately in love with someone who wants nothing to do with him. Cupid's a smart little guy.