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La Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea (The Fable of Polyphemus and Galatea), or simply the Polifemo, is a literary work written by Spanish poet Luis de Góngora y Argote.The poem, though borrowing heavily from prior literary sources of Greek and Roman Antiquity, attempts to go beyond the established versions of the myth by reconfiguring the narrative structure handed down by Ovid.
The collection consists of numerous sonnets, odes, ballads, songs for guitar, and of some larger poems, such as the Soledades and the Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea (Fable of Polyphemus and Galatea) (1612), the two landmark works of the highly refined style called "culteranismo" or "Gongorismo".
In Greek mythology, Galatea (/ ˌ ɡ æ l ə ˈ t iː ə /; Ancient Greek: Γαλάτεια; "she who is milk-white") [1] was the name of the following figures: Galatea, a Nereid who loved the shepherd Acis, and was loved by the cyclops Polyphemus. [2] Galatea, the statue of a woman created by Pygmalion and brought to life by Aphrodite. [3]
In Italy Giovanni Bononcini composed the one-act opera Polifemo (1703). Shortly afterwards George Frideric Handel worked in that country and composed the cantata Aci, Galatea e Polifemo (1708), laying as much emphasis on the part of Polifemo as on the lovers. Written in Italian, Polifemo's deep bass solo "Fra l'ombre e gl'orrori" (From horrid ...
Acis and Galatea (/ ˈ eɪ s ɪ s /, / ɡ æ l ə ˈ t iː. ə / [1] [2]) are characters from Greek mythology later associated together in Ovid's Metamorphoses.The episode tells of the love between the mortal Acis and the Nereid (sea-nymph) Galatea; when the jealous Cyclops Polyphemus kills Acis, Galatea transforms her lover into an immortal river spirit.
La Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea and Las Soledades are two key works. [9] Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra; Francisco de Quevedo y Villegas; Luis de Góngora y Argote established culteranismo. Félix Lope de Vega Carpio; Pedro Calderón de la Barca; Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
The painting refers to a Spanish literary work La Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea and Ovid's Metamorphoses. [1] It was commissioned by French banker Jean Pointel [2] and depicts characters from Greek mythology. In the foreground pictured are semi-nude nymphs watched by satyrs hidden in the nearby bushes.
July 11 – Luís de Góngora y Argote, Spanish poet (died 1627) August 14 – Sir Christopher Heydon, English writer on astrology (died 1623) October 27 – Mary Sidney, English poet and translator (died 1621) unknown dates. Gaspar Aguilar, Spanish poet and dramatist (died 1623) Bernardo de Balbuena, Spanish-born Latin American poet (died 1627)