Et Iacinthum amatum tam a Borea quam ab Apolline, qui cum magis Apollinis amore letaretur, dum exerceretur disco, ab irato Borea eodem disco est interemptus et mutatus in florem nominis <sui>
--Vat. Mythog. I.115
Hyacinthus was loved by both Boreas and Apollo, but loved Apollo more. Angered by this slight, Boreas killed Hyacinthus with his own discus while the lad was practicing with it. Hyacinthus was then transformed into a flower bearing his own name.
VATICAN MYTHOGRAPHERS
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Name: ???
Date: 10th c.
CE (?)
Works: Mythographi
Vaticani*
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Little is known about the author or origin of the collection of myths
known as the Vatican Mythographers, but the work’s first editor Angelo
Mai found the collection on a manuscript dating back to the 10th
century CE. This volume is a collection of three different mythographers who
have assembled various Greco-Roman myths; although many of these myths are
basic summaries in Latin, some of them are either analyzed as allegories or
compared to Christian thought.
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LATE LATIN (10th c.
CE ?)
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