Open AccessThe Candid Hylas
Author(s) -
Maria Subi
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
analele universităţii de vest din timişoara. seria ştiinţe filologice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1224-967X
DOI - 10.35923/autfil.59.06
Subject(s) - beauty , innocence , white (mutation) , art , juvenile , aesthetics , art history , psychology , psychoanalysis , biology , ecology , biochemistry , gene
A recurrent presence in literature and art, the handsome Hylas, the youth abducted by the water nymphs, is portrayed in words which suggest the glowing white skin, the body’s striking candor, the fine hair, the innocence and juvenile vulnerability – each and every one attributes of a beauty in full bloom: a pubescent, delicate, effeminate charm.