Ameinias (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Ameinias (Ancient Greek: Ἀμεινίας, romanized: Ameinías) was a young man who fell in love with the beautiful Beotian hunter Narcissus, who had already spurned his male suitors, according to the version of Narcissus's myth by Conon (Narrations, 24).[1]

Aminias spurned lover of Narcissus. A depiction of Ameinias, sculpted by Malcolm Lidbury for the 2016 Cornwall LGBT History project.

Mythology

Narcissus also spurned Ameinias and gave him a sword. The latter committed suicide at Narcissus's doorstep after being rejected by him. He had prayed to Nemesis to give Narcissus a lesson for all the pain he provoked. Narcissus walked by a pool of water and decided to drink some. He saw his reflection, became entranced by it, and killed himself because he could not have his object of desire,[2] or gazing endlessly at the image, he slowly pined away and was transformed by the nymphs into a narcissus flower. Others say he was instead filled with remorse and killed himself beside the pool—and from his dying life's blood the flower was born.[3]

Depictions of Ameinias

The BBC TV series Telling Tales retells the Narcissus myth in a modern setting where Narcissus is a handsome, popular kid at his school and Ameinias is his friend.[4][5]

References
  1. "ToposText". topostext.org. Archived from the original on 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  2. "The myth of Narcissus". www.greekmyths-greekmythology.com.
  3. "Narcissus and Ameinias". www.theoi.com.
  4. "'Narcissus' (animation) - KS2 English". BBC Bitesize. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  5. "BBC Two - Telling Tales, English - Narcissus". BBC. Retrieved 2019-11-15.

Further reading


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