Philostratus little, Imagines ten (trans. Fairbanks) (Greek rhetorician C3rd A great.D.) : “Do the light of your own torches, and the wedding hymn (hymenaios), the newest sound of one’s flutes as well as the twanging of your own lyre together with rhythmical motion of your own dancers notice the attract? You will find along with the women visible from the vestibules as they question and all of but scream to own glee. This can be a wedding, my boy, the original collecting of the maid of honor, and also the bridegrooms is delivering the brides.” [Letter.B. The wedding-hymn (hymenaios) isn’t personified right here, nevertheless passage demonstrates its set for the wedding ceremony.]
The fresh new morning’s radiance revealed the world; Venus [Aphrodite], Juno [Hera] and you will Hymenaeus inserted to help you bless the marriage rite; their like are sanctified, and you will Iphis gathered Ianthe, bride and groom
Ovid, Metamorphoses cuatro. 757 ff (trans. Melville) (Roman unbelievable C1st B.C. to C1st Good.D.) : “To help you their cardio he [Perseus] grabbed Andromeda, undowered, she herself their valour‘s award. “
Ovid, Metamorphoses 6. 428 ff : “When they [the newest doomed pair Tereus and you may Procne] was married, Juno [Hera] wasn’t around to help you bless the latest rite, nor Hymenaeus neither the latest Gratia (Grace) [Kharis]. The brand new Eumenides [Erinyes, Furies] kept the newest torches, torches caught regarding mourners’ give; this new Eumenides produced the bed.”
Which have waving torches Amor (Love) [Eros] and you will Hymenaeus direct the wedding, full and body weight the new perfumed fires from incense burn off and you may garlands s
Ovid, Metamorphoses 9. 764 ff : “[Iphis, an excellent girl disguised as the a man, is just about to marry the ladies she wants :] ‘Aye me personally why must Hymenaeus, the marriage-goodness [Hymenaios (Hymenaeus)], preside instead of a bridegroom, which have we both a bride-to-be miten tavata Pohjois naiset!’ She said not. . . Thence Hymenaeus showed up, from inside the saffron mantle clothed, from the Orpheus’ summons through the limitless sky so you can Thessaly, however, vain the fresh new summons turned out. Genuine he had been establish, but zero hallowed terminology the guy produced neither happy smiles neither happy sign; possibly the torch the guy kept sputtered throughout the that have se for all his brandishing. This new ill-played rite triggered an excellent grimmer prevent [the latest abrupt loss of Orpheus’ spouse Eurydice].”
Ovid, Heroides 2. 33 ff (trans. Showerman) (Roman poetry C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.) : “[Phyllis, forsaken by the Demophoon, laments :] ‘In which today the bond off Hymenaeus guaranteed for many years out-of lives together–hope which was my warrant and you will surety into the married county?'”
Ovid, Heroides six. 43 ff : “[Hypsipyle forsaken of the Jason laments :] ‘Sadly! in which is the believe that was promised me personally? Where the bonds away from wedlock, in addition to relationships torch? . . . Juno [Hera] try indeed there to participate us once we was in fact get married, and you may Hymen, their temples sure having wreaths. However neither Juno nor Hymen [Hymenaios], however, gloomy Erinys (Fury), stained having blood, sent in advance of me personally the unhallowed torch.'” [N.B. This new Erinys sells the wedding burn rather than Hymen since the marriage try destined.]
Ovid, Heroides nine. 133 ff : “Iole, the child away from Eurytus, and you will Aonian Alcides [Herakles] would be basely entered within the awkward bonds out of Hymen [Hymenaios].”
Ovid, Heroides eleven. 101 ff : “[Kanake (Canace), that has the time incest with her brother, and whose father have delivered a blade to finish her lives, laments :] ‘Pull away afar, deluded Hymenaeus, thy relationship-torches, and you will fly which have terrified legs from all of these nefarious halls! Offer for me personally this new torches ye sustain, Erinyes (Fury) dark, and help my personal funeral service pyre blaze vibrant in the fires ye offer! Marry cheerfully around a much better destiny, O my sisters.'”
Ovid, Heroides a dozen. 137 ff : “[Medea witnesses the marriage away from Iason (Jason) and you can Kreousa (Creusa) :] ‘The abruptly, indeed there concerned my personal ears the chant out-of Hymen, and to my personal sight the latest gleam out of glaring torches, and also the pipe put forward the cards, to you personally a married relationship-filter systems . . . This new throng forced excitedly into the, crying “Hymen, O Hymenaeus!” in full chorus.'”