5 Quotes by Meleagros

Anyti has many lilies woven in the wreath, Moiro many white ones. Sappho has few, but roses.

The flowers of Sappho, few but roses.

Asklepias adores making love. She gazes at a man,her aquamarine eyes calm like the summer seas,and persuades him to go boating on the lake of love.

Where are you driving me,foul waves of love,huge sleepless winds of jealousy,turbulent sea of orgy?The rudder of my heart is broken:I drift.Will I ever again seethe voluptuous Skylla?

My nurse was the island of Tyros,and Attic land of Syrian Gadara wasmy birthplace. I was sired by Eukrates —I, Meleagros, friend of the Musesand first to waken to the Graces ofMenippos. A Syrian? What if I am?Stranger, we all live in one country: the world.Out of one chaos were all men born.In my old age I traced these letterson the slab before my grave,knowing that old men are neighbors to death.Passerby, wish me well, the talkative old man,and you may also reach a loquacious old age.