"I'll not deny that I have tried: I wish that I had the power to resist."
Cyparissus
"Cyparissus--pierced the stag; the wound was fierce, the stag was dying: and at that, the boy was set on dying, too."
Orpheus' Prologue
"I sing of boys the gods have loved, and girls incited by unlawful lust and passions, who paid the penalty for their transgressions."
Ganymede
"he still fulfills his role: the page of Jove, the boy prepares Joves nectarl, fill his cups."
Hyacinthus
"The Spartan boy is reckless: risking all for sport, he runs to pick the discus up."
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