Ameinias (mythology) not have his object of desire, or gazing endlessly at the image, he slowly pined away and was transformed by the nymphs into a 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. Ameinias (mythology) In Greek mythology, Ameinias was a young man who fell in love with the beautiful Beotian hunter Narcissus, who had already spurned his male suitors, according to the version of Narcissus's myth by Conon ("Narrations," 24). Narcissus also spurned him and gave him a sword. Ameinias committed suicide at
A Pleasant New Song Betwixt a Sailor and his Love A Pleasant New Song Betwixt a Sailor and his Love A Pleasant New Song Betwixt a Sailor and His Love is an English Broadside Ballad from the 17th century. It tells the story of a sailor who is reunited with his lover in England after a long time at sea. They vow that they were constant and true to each other while he was away, and promise to stay together in England from that moment forward. It is sung to the tune of Dulcina. Copies of the ballad can be found in the University of Glasgow Library and Magdelene College.