Carpus

"Fruit." A son of Zephyrus and Chloris, renowned for his beauty. According to Nonnos,1 he drowned during a swimming contest with his friend Calamus.

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References

Notes

  1. Nonnos. Dionysiaca, 474.

Sources

  • Bartelink, Dr. G.J.M. (1988). Prisma van de mythologie. Utrecht: Het Spectrum.
  • Ovid. Fasti, v, 197.
  • Servius on Virgil's Eclogues, v, 48.