SELECT EPIGRAMS FROM THE GREEK ANTHOLOGY - Ι

LOVE

Cf. Sappho, Dearest Earth's Offspring And Heaven's
Plato, Lovers

 

I
PRELUDE
POSIDIPPUS

Jar of Athens, drip the dewy juice of wine, drip, let the feast to which all bring their share be wetted as with dew; be silenced the swan, sage Zeno, and the Muse of Cleanthes, and let bitter-sweet Love be our concern.

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