Derek Mahon: Mediterranean

Allusion to Classical figure Apollo (implied through references to "the despotic sun [...] a sun god"), Daphne ("Unmoving [...] the nymph of ancient myth").

Classical/post-Classical intertexts From the Spanish of Jorge Guillén (a reference to the specific poem is not given).

Comment Compare the references to Daphne and Apollo in Mahon’s ‘Harbour Lights’ (Harbour Lights, 2005).