person
Acis
also: Symaethian hero
A handsome Sicilian youth, son of Faunus and the nymph Symaethis, beloved of Galatea and killed by Polyphemus, then turned into a river.
Reading notes
- Metamorphoses §13.420 Acis
A handsome Sicilian youth, son of Faunus and the nymph Symaethis, loved by Galatea.