Ameinias

In Greek mythology, Ameinias 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] Narcissus also spurned him and gave him a sword. Ameinias 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 retales 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

"ToposText". topostext.org. Archived from the original on 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
"The myth of Narcissus".
"Narcissus and Ameinias".
"'Narcissus' (animation) - KS2 English". BBC Bitesize. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
"BBC Two - Telling Tales, English - Narcissus". BBC. Retrieved 2019-11-15.

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