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Name: Faustus Sabaeus Date: 16th century CE Region: Brixia [Brescia, modern Italy] Citation: Illustrated Myths of Ovid |
Note: The last line is not published here, as it uses a bodily humor pun
Iphis was a woman. By hiding in a man’s clothing
Even her father believed she was a man.
Her father promised her in marriage to pretty Ianthe,
A bride for a bride, a woman marrying a woman.
The day of the wedding draws near…
The bride approaches…
Venus was there
And Juno was there
And Hymen was there...
and Iphis ended up marrying Ianthe.
De Iphide
Iphis erat mulier: latitantem in veste virili
vicini, immo pater credidit esse marem.
Deceptus genitor pulcram huic despondet Ianthem:
cum sponsa sponsa ut virgine virgo cubet.
Taede accenduntur: procedit nupta, Cythere,
Et Iuno praesens...et Hymen...
[et] potitur namque Iphis Ianthe.
Faustus Sabaeus [16th century, modern Italy] was a librarian of the
Vatican library who composed numerous poems on mythology-based themes.
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