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Acis and Galatea

In Greek and Roman mythology, Acis (Άκις) was the god of the Acis River near Mount Etna in Sicily. He was originally a Sicilian youth, and was often considered the son of Dionysus, or, according to other sources, of Faunus and the river-nymph Symaethis.

According to Ovid, Metamorphoses XIII, lines 750–-68, Acis loved the sea-nymph Galatea, but a jealous suitor, the Cyclops Polyphemus, killed him with a boulder. Galatea then turned his blood into the river Acis. Other sources write that Acis turned himself into a river to escape being crushed.

The river god Acis Acireale, seated on a stone. In the background his beloved, the nymph Galatea, Philip Galle

Acis and Galatea, Charles De La Fosse

Acis and Galatea, Attributed to Jean Mosnier

Acis and Galatea, Pompeo Batoni

Acis and Galatea, Adriaen van Nieulandt the Younger

Galatea by the Acis River, Jean Denis Antoine Caucannier

Acis and Galatea, Abraham Bloemaert

Galatea and Acis, Medici Fountain

Acis and Galatea, Perrier François

Acis and Galatea, Nicolas Poussin

The Loves of Acis and Galatea, Alexandre Charles Guillemot

Music

Acis and Galatea,George Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)

References

Grimal, Pierre (1986). The Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. ISBN 0631201025.

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