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Asclepiades of Samos
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“Φείδῃ παρθενίης· καὶ τί πλέον; οὐ γὰρ ἐς Ἅιδην ἐλθοῦς᾽ εὑρήσεις τὸν φιλέοντα, κόρη. ἐν ζωοῖσι τὰ τερπνὰ τὰ Κύπριδος· ἐν δ᾽ Ἀχέροντι ὀστέα καὶ σποδιή, παρθένε, κεισόμεθα.”
Asclepiades of Samos (320–301 BC) said by 301 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Anthologia Palatina, bk. 5, no. 85 (ed. & tr. W. R. Paton, vol. i, 1916, p. 169)
“εἰ δὲ μέλαινα, τί τοῦτο; καὶ ἄνθρακες· ἀλλ᾽ ὅτ᾽ ἐκείνους θάλψωμεν, λάμπους᾽ ὡς ῥόδεαι κάλυκες.”
Asclepiades of Samos (320–301 BC) said by 301 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Anthologia Palatina, bk. 5, no. 210 (ed. & tr. W. R. Paton, vol. i, 1916, p. 233)