#parthenius

[fairest]

Parthenius (d. 14 CE), fragment of “Narcissus,” found in the Oxyrhynchus Papyri

… god-like … … … He had a cruel heart, and hated all of them, Till he conceived a love for his own form: He wailed, seeing his face, delightful as a dream, Within a spring; he wept for his beauty. Then the boy shed his blood and give it to the earth … to bear

[dianaartemis]

Parthenius. Sufferings in Love 9.2-3 (Polycrite). 1st C BCE. Greek.

πολλῷ δὲ ἐνεχόμενος πόθῳ διεπέμπετο πρὸς αὐτήν· οὐ γὰρ δή γε θεμιτὸν ἦν ἱκέτιν οὖσαν ἐν τῷ ἱερῳ βιάζεσθαι. ἡ δὲ ἕως μέν τινος οὐ προσίετο τοὺς παραγινομένους· ἐπεὶ μέντοι πολὺς ἐνέκειτο, οὐκ ἔφη πεισθήσεσθαι αὐτῷ, εἰ μὴ ὁμόσειεν ὑπηρετήσειν αὐτῇ ὅ τι ἂν βουληθῇ. ὁ δὲ Διόγνητος, οὐδὲν ὑποτοπήσας τοιόνδε, μάλα προθύμως ὤμοσεν Ἄρτεμιν χαριεῖσθαι αὐτῇ ὅ τι ἂν προαιρῆται. κατομοσαμένου δὲ ἐκείνου καὶ λαβομένη τῆς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ ἡ Πολυκρίτη μιμνήσκεται περὶ προδοσίας τοῦ χωρίου καὶ πολλὰ καθικετεύει αὐτήν τε οἰκτίρειν καὶ τὰς συμφορὰς τῆς πόλεως.

[dianaartemis]

Parthenius. Sufferings in Love 15.1 (Daphne), trans. Jane L. Lightfoot. 2009.

This is what is said about Amyclas’ daughter Daphne.  She would not go down to the city at all, nor would she mix with the other girls, but gathering together a pack of dogs, she would go hunting in the Laconian countryside, sometimes straying further into the other mountains of the Peloponnese.  For this reason she was very dear to Artemis, who taught her to shoot straight.  

[dianaartemis]

Parthenius. Sufferings in Love 15.1 (Daphne). 1st C BCE. Greek.

Περὶ δὲ τῆς Ἀμύκλα θυγατρὸς τάδε λέγεται Δάφνης.  αὕτη τὸ μὲν ἅπαν εἰς πόλιν οὐ κατῄει, οὐδ’ ἀνεμίσγετο ταῖς λοιπαῖς παρθένοις· παρασκευασαμένη δὲ πολλοὺς κύνας ἐθήρευεν καὶ ἐν τῇ Λακωνικῇ καὶ ἔστιν ὅτε ἐπιφοιτῶσα εἰς τὰ λοιπὰ τῆς Πελοποννήσου ὄρη· δι’ ἣν αἰτίαν μάλα καταθύμιος ἦν Ἀρτέμιδι καὶ αὐτὴν εὔστοχα βάλλειν ἐποίει.