Kalamos

Kalamos (Greek Κάλαμος, Latin calamus, " reed " ) was in Greek mythology the son of Maiandros, the god of the river meanders.

He loved the beautiful youth karpos, but when the two lovers one day swam meander around the bet in the river, drowned karpos. In his grief to Kalamos fell behind to share the fate of his beloved. He was then transformed into a reed and it is, the sound of rustling reeds is the lamentation Kalamos ' about the death of his lover. This myth tells Eros Dionysus to hinwegzutrösten this over the loss of her beloved Ampelos. From the myth is also the origin of the name Kalamos for a writing instrument made ​​of reeds explained.

The episode title " Calamus " in Walt Whitman's poetry collection Leaves of Grass is probably based on this myth.

Source

• Nonnus of Panopolis Dionysiaca 11351-481

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