Name: John
Tzetzes Date: 1100 – 1180 CE Region: Constantinople [modern Istanbul, Turkey] Citation: Histories / Chiliades 1.235ff |
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.
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]
Translated into
Latin by Paulus Lacisius (1546)
John Tzetzes
[1100 – 1180 CE, Constantinople/Byzantium, modern Istanbul, Turkey] was a
Byzantine scholar and beaurocrat. He is known for his epic poem the Histories
/ Chiliades, which ties together topics from Greek and Roman history and
mythology, followed by a Christian interpretation.
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