Attic Boy (The)

Cephălos, beloved by Aurora or Morn; passionately fond of hunting.

“Till civil-suited Morn appear,

Not tricked and frounced, as she was wont

With the Attic boy to hunt,

But kerchiefed in a comely cloud.”

Milton: Il Penseroso.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.