Fábula de Acis y Galatea

The Fábula de Acis y Galatea is a well-known work by Spanish poet Luis Carrillo y Sotomayor. Carrillo y Sotomayor was a key figure in the culteranismo style of poetry, characterized by ornate and rhetorical language.1

The poem draws from Greek mythology, specifically the story of Galatea, a Nereid loved by the Cyclops Polyphemus. Galatea, however, loved the youth Acis. When Polyphemus discovered them, he killed Acis by crushing him with a boulder. Carrillo y Sotomayor's work is noted for its stylistic complexity, with the poet himself advocating for obscurity as a merit in poetry.21