# Amaryllis — Poetry character guide

> Amaryllis in Poetry by Oscar Wilde.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0039-the-garden-of-eros

## Who they are

A stock name for a shepherdess in pastoral poetry.

## In the story

### [Flowers of Gold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/flowers-of-gold)

Referenced in 'Theocritus' as lying in state among the ivy.

### [Theocritus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/theocritus)

Lies in state among the ivy, a figure from Theocritus's pastoral poetry.

## Links

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