person
Nireus
The handsomest of the Greeks who came to Troy after Achilles (Iliad 2); a byword for male beauty.
Reading notes
- The Art of Love §2.5 Nireus
The handsomest Greek at Troy after Achilles; a type of male beauty that beauty alone cannot keep a lover.
- Letters from the Black Sea §4.13 beautiful Nireus
Nireus, the handsomest of the Greeks at Troy; as his beauty made him conspicuous, so (Ovid jokes) the faults of his own verse betray its author.