'myrtle') is an Attic girl who won the favour of Athena thanks to her impressive athletic achievements and her beauty, and the envy of the other Atticans for the same reason.
μύρρινος (mýrrhinos) for the plant overall and myrtle wreaths, while the berry is μύρτον (mýrton)[2] or μυρτίς (myrtís).
[4] Robert Beekes suggested a pre-Greek origin due to the myrt-/myrs- variation.
[5] The Attican maiden Myrsine surpassed all girls in beauty and all boys in strength, winning herself the favour of Athena, the virgin goddess of wisdom and patron-goddess of Attica.
[10][11] A similar, almost word-for-word, story was also told about another maiden, Elaea, who was changed into an olive tree.