Calamus

deity water Greek single tradition · 1

Calamus is a youth who becomes a water reed after drowning in a swimming contest with Carpus. His rustling in the wind is interpreted as a lamentation.

When

First attested
400 CE
Attested period
400 – 2020
Historical notes
Attested in Nonnus's Dionysiaca.

Relationships

child of
Meander
co occurs with
Zeus, Zephyrus, Carpus, Hora

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Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“Carpus fell in love with another youth, Calamus, who was the son of a river-god Meander.”

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