person
Linos
also: Linus
In Greek myth a youth of marvelous beauty whose early death was mourned in the 'Linos-song,' held to be the first lament; Rilke makes that first grieving music the origin of art that 'sweeps us along, and comforts, and helps.'
Reading notes
- Duino Elegies §1 Linos
A beautiful youth of Greek myth whose death drew the first lament-song; Rilke makes that grief the origin of the music that 'sweeps us along, and comforts, and helps.'