Delphis of Myndus

Delphis of Myndus was the unfaithful lover of Simaetha in Theocritus' The Sorceress. Theocritus. The Sorceress
== Biography ==
On her way to see her friend take part in a parade to Artemis' grove, Simaetha came across Delphis and his friend Eudamippus on their way back from Timagetus' Wrestling School. She went home and was unwell for a time before eventually sending her slave, Thestylis, to Timagetus' Wrestling School to invite him to her home. 
Delphis, having just won against Philinus in a sprint (or so he claims), went to Simaetha's home, claimed (in a way portrayed as false) that he was planning on coming to see her that night with some of his friends to have a party with her. He then confessed his love, thanking both Aphrodite and Simaetha herself. He then had sex with Simaetha. 
In the period following this, he would visit her three or four times a day, leaving his Dorian oil flask at her home. He then went ten days without visiting Simaetha, instead having fallen in love with someone else. He started requesting unmixed wine to drink, something that symbolised the solemness of his love, and covering his lover's home with garlands to symbolise his love. 
The next night, Simaetha, with the help of Thestylis, performed a Love Binding to both punish Delphis and to make him fall in love with Simaetha again. If that failed, she was going to poison him the next day. 
== References ==
Category:The Sorceress