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Often appears with: the passions and the emotions · suicide threat · suicide and self-destruction · marriage and betrothal · idyl iii · goatherd’s courtship
Usually: narrative (1) · confronting death (1) · temptation (1) · indignation (1) · lament (1)
“Soon wilt thou make me rend the wreath in pieces small, the wreath of ivy, dear Amaryllis, that I keep for thee, with rose-buds twined, and fragrant parsley.” Theocritus, Theocritus, Bion and Moschus, Rendered into English · vivid
A goatherd courting Amaryllis laments her coldness, offers apples and promises, cites famous lovers to argue love’s power, threatens suicide, and finally decides he will die where he falls.
them. Ah, Tityrus, my dearly beloved, feed thou the goats, and to the well-side lead them, Tityrus, and ’ware the yellow Libyan he-goat, lest he butt thee with his horns. Ah, lovely Amaryllis, why no more, as of old, dust thou glance through this cavern after me, nor callest me, thy sweetheart, to thy side. Can it be that thou hatest me? Do I seem snub-nosed, now thou hast seen me near, maiden, and under-hung? Th…