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In [[Nonnus]]' ''[[Dionysiaca]]'', '''Hymnus''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: {{lang|grc|Ὕμνος}}, meaning "[[hymn]]") is a young shepherd who fell in love with the nymph [[Nicaea (mythology)|Nicaea]], was rejected by her, and ended up dying by her hand. |
In [[Nonnus]]' ''[[Dionysiaca]]'', '''Hymnus''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: {{lang|grc|Ὕμνος}}, meaning "[[hymn]]") is a young shepherd who fell in love with the nymph [[Nicaea (mythology)|Nicaea]],<ref>Grimal, s.v. [https://archive.org/details/concisedictionar00grim/page/208/mode/2up?view=theater Hymnus]</ref> was rejected by her, and ended up dying by her hand. |
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== Mythology == |
== Mythology == |
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== Bibliography == |
== Bibliography == |
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* Grimal, Pierre, ''The Dictionary of Classical Mythology'', Wiley-Blackwell, 1996. {{ISBN|978-0-631-20102-1}}. |
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* [[Nonnus]] of [[Panopolis]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]. 3 Vols.'' W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., [[Harvard University Press]]; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940-1942. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0485 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. |
* [[Nonnus]] of [[Panopolis]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]. 3 Vols.'' W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., [[Harvard University Press]]; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940-1942. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0485 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. |
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Revision as of 18:56, 23 May 2022
In Nonnus' Dionysiaca, Hymnus (Ancient Greek: Ὕμνος, meaning "hymn") is a young shepherd who fell in love with the nymph Nicaea,[1] was rejected by her, and ended up dying by her hand.
Mythology
Hymnus ("hymn") was a young shepherd whom Eros, the god of love, made fall in love with a nymph named Nicaea with a single arrow; Nicaea however was a virgin who wished to remain unmarried, and shunned all possible suitors.[2] One day, a lovesick and desperate Hymnus stole Nicaea's hunting gear, her arrows, her nets, her lance, and quiver, lamenting his misfortune. Nicaea caught him in the action, and he pressured her to shoot him in the heart, so that he might be freed from the soreness of unrequited love. Angered with him, Nicaea obliged and fulfilled with his wish.[3] Hymnus was greatly mourned; Adrasteia, a godddess of justice, alerted Aphrodite and Eros of Nicaea's deeds.[4] Eros then found Dionysus, and shoot him with one of his love arrows, which made Dionysus fall in love with Nicaea, and would culminate in the nymph's rape by him.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Grimal, s.v. Hymnus
- ^ Nonnus, Dionysiaca 15.202-229
- ^ Nonnus, Dionysiaca 15.290-369
- ^ Nonnus, Dionysiaca 15.393-395
- ^ Nonnus, Dionysiaca 16.1–21
Bibliography
- Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996. ISBN 978-0-631-20102-1.
- Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940-1942. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.