De Narcisso
Narcissus, Lacon venator, amator venustatis erat
in Hora aestiva
autem olim cum situisset, post venationem,
ut incurvatur ad
fontem, vidit se speciosum,
amat umbram suam,
ut alterius iuvenis.
cupiens autem
hanc apprehendere, humidam haurit mortem.
[Greek text forthcoming]
--Joannes Tzetzes, Historiarum 1.235 / 1.9; Translated into
Latin by Paulus Lacisius (1546)
Narcissus
Narcissus, a Laconian hunter, was a lover of beauty.
One time during the summer, when he was thirsty after a long day’s hunt
He knelt by a spring, saw his own beauty,
Fell in love with his own shadow, believing it was another man.
He tried to embrace him, but only caught a watery demise.
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