M/M: Cyparissus and Apollo. Lactantius Placidus Narr. 10.3

 CONTENT WARNING: attempted suicide

Cyparissus, Amyclei filius, ex insula Ceae. hunc Apollo dilexit et propter cervum patientem manus, quem per inprudentiam sagitta transfixum interemerat, manus adferentem sibi periculo eripuit et protinus in arborem genetivi nominis vertit.

--Lactantius Placidus, Qui dicitur Narrationes Fabularum Ovidianarum Liber 10.3

Cyparissus, the son of Amycleius, from the island of Cea. Apollo loved him and when he had tried to kill himself over the death of a pet stag he’d accidentally killed, Apollo snatched him from danger and turned him into a tree with the same name (Cypress tree).

LACTANTIUS PLACIDUS	MAP:
Name:  Lactantius Placidus Date:  5th or 6th century CE Works:  Abridgement of Ovids’ Metamorphoses Commentary on Statius’ Thebaid	REGION  UNKNOWN
BIO:	Timeline:
Little is known about this Christian author, but he is known for his commentary on Statius’ Thebaid and an abridgement of Ovid’s Metamorphoses.	LATE LATIN / BYZANTINE