Atys

About the show

Atys and the nymph Sangaride secretly love each other, although she is promised to Atys’s friend, King Célénus. Cybèle also loves Atys; after Morpheus warns him in a dream, Atys hides his feelings and Sangaride thinks he loves the goddess. When the lovers reconcile, jealous Cybèle enchants Atys into madness. He kills Sangaride, mistaking her for a monster, then commits suicide after Cybèle restores his sanity.