John Keats wrote Lamia, a narrative poem in rhymed couplets, in 1819 and it was first published in 1820 in Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems. It tells the story of Lamia, a beautiful young woman who falls in love with Apollo, the sun god. She seeks to be like him by taking on his powers of prophecy but this only makes her reputation as a seer spread even more widely. Eventually, she turns against humanity for killing Zeus, her father, and tries to seduce Jupiter, her uncle, but he refuses her. Filled with hatred, she sets out to destroy all mankind except for one boy who escapes her clutches. Lamia, or the Syrens is a poem written by John Keats in 1819. It was first published in 1820 in Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems. In it, Keats imagines what would have happened to Phoebus (Apollo), Selene (Moon), and Diana (Hunt) if they had fallen in love with women instead of men. The poem is divided into four cantos. Canto I describes how Lamia, a Scythian princess, falls in love with Apollon.