THE ARGUMENT.
Acis was the Son of Faunus, and the
Nymph Symethis. He loved and
was beloved of the Nymph Galatea, Daughter
to Nereus, the Son of Oceanus and Tethys.
Acis was allowed to be the handsomest
Youth of all Sicily; he was happy in his
Amours with Galatea, till Polyphemus the
Cyclop, Son of Neptune, fell in love with
her, who surprising 'em together, with a
Piece of a Rock overwhelmed Acis. Galatea,
by her Persuasion, gained her Father
Nereus's Consent to change him into a River.
The Story at large is mentioned in
Ovid's Metamorphoses, Lib. XIII.
