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{{Short description|LGBT+ Figure in Greek Mythology}}
[[File:Aminias spurned lover of Narcissus. 2 Cornwall LGBT History Project 2016. Sculpted by Malcolm Lidbury.JPG|thumb
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Ameinias''' was a young man who fell in love with the beautiful Beotian hunter [[Narcissus (mythology)|Narcissus]], who had already spurned his male suitors, according version of Narcissus's myth by [[Conon (mythographer)|Conon]] (''Narrations,'' 24). Narcissus also spurned him and gave him a sword. Ameinias committed suicide at Narcissus's doorstep after being rejected by Narcissus. He had prayed to [[Nemesis (mythology)|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,<ref name="greekmyths-greekmythology.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.greekmyths-greekmythology.com/narcissus-myth-echo/|title=The myth of Narcissus|publisher=}}</ref> or gazing endlessly at the image, he slowly pined away and was transformed by the [[nymphs]] into a [[Narcissus (plant)|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.<ref name="Narkissos in theoi.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.theoi.com/Heros/Narkissos.html|title=Narcissus and Ameinias|publisher=}}</ref>▼
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Ameinias''' ({{langx|grc|Ἀμεινίας|Ameinías}}) was a young man who fell in love with [[Narcissus (mythology)|Narcissus]], a handsome hunter from [[Thespiae]] in [[Boeotia]], who had already spurned all his other suitors, according to the version of Narcissus's myth by [[Conon (mythographer)|Conon]] (''Narrations,'' 24).<ref name=Conon>{{Cite web|url=https://topostext.org/work/489#24|title=ToposText|website=topostext.org|access-date=2019-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322161405/https://topostext.org/work/489#24|archive-date=2019-03-22|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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It was said that because of this tragedy, the [[Thespiae|Thespians]] came to honor and reverence [[Eros]] especially among the gods.<ref name=Conon/>
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Narcissus' name was the ancient Greek word for the narcissus or daffodil flower, and the boy's spurned love Ameinias for the ''ameinasis''. According to [[Hesychius of Alexandria]], ''ameinasis'' was another name for the sweet-smelling herb ''duosmon''--either [[dill]], [[anise]] or [[cummin]]. Presumably he was also transformed into his namesake plant.<ref name="Narkissos in theoi.com"/>
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== Depictions of Ameinias ==
The BBC TV series ''Telling Tales'' retells the Narcissus myth in a modern setting where Narcissus is a handsome, popular kid at his school and Ameinias is his friend.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zms6n39|title='Narcissus' (animation) - KS2 English|website=BBC Bitesize|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00j0mrr|title=BBC Two - Telling Tales, English - Narcissus|work=[[BBC]]|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-15}}</ref>
== See also ==
{{portal|Mythology|Ancient Greece|Ancient Rome}}
* [[Ajax the Great]], also killed himself by throwing himself on his sword
* [[Anethus]], also transformed into dill
==References ==
{{Reflist}}
== Further reading ==
* [[Conon (mythographer)|Conon]], ''Fifty Narrations'', surviving as one-paragraph summaries in the Bibliotheca (Library) of Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople, translated from the Greek by Brady Kiesling. [https://topostext.org/work/489 Online version at the Topos Text Project].
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