Perimele (daughter of Hippodamas)
Perimele ( Greek Περιμήλη ) is a nymph from Greek mythology . She is the daughter of Hippodamas and was loved by the river god Acheloos , who secretly met her. When her father discovered their relationship, he pushed her off a cliff into the sea. Acheloos held her over the waves for a while and implored Poseidon (Neptune) to help her. This turned it into an island that bore her name and belongs to the Echinads .
The story is summed up succinctly on a copper engraving entitled Perimele Acheloo amata in insulam by Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1640) from his Bellissimum Ovidii theatrum , a series of illustrations of Ovid's Metamorphoses :
The perimele of their shame
makes them a land in the lake
source
- Ovid , Metamorphoses 8,591-611.
References and footnotes
- ↑ Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.591 to 611.
- ^ Johann Wilhelm Baur: Bellissimum Ovidii theatrum. Prince widow, Nuremberg 1685 photo .
literature
- Hanskarl Kölsch: Ovid: The Metamorphoses. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2009 ( partial online view ).