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Bion of Smyrna
9 quotes
“μηκέτι πορφυρέοις ἐνὶ φάρεσι Κύπρι κάθευδε· ἔγρεο δειλαία κυανόστολε καὶ πλατάγησον στήθεα καὶ λέγε πᾶσιν· ἀπώλετο καλὸς Ἄδωνις.”
Bion of Smyrna (120–57 BC) said by 57 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 3–5 (tr. J. M. Edmonds, 1912)
“κρίνειν οὐκ ἐπέοικε θεήια ἔργα βροτοῖσι.”
Bion of Smyrna (120–57 BC) said by 57 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 2.9 (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897
“μολπὰν ταὶ Μοῖσαί μοι ἀεὶ ποθέοντι διδοῖεν, τὰν γλυκερὰν μολπάν, τᾶς φάρμακον ἅδιον οὐδέν.”
Bion of Smyrna (120–57 BC) said by 57 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 3.2–3 (tr. J. M. Edmonds, 1912)
“ἐκ θαμινᾶς ῥαθάμιγγος, ὅπως λόγος, αἰὲς ἰοίσας χἁ λίθος ἐς ῥωχμὸν κοιλαίνεται.”
Bion of Smyrna (120–57 BC) said by 57 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 4 (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“ἦ λαθόμεσθ᾿ ἄρα πάντες, ὅτι θνατοὶ γενόμεσθα, χὡς βραχὺν ἐκ Μοίρας λάχομες χρόνον.”
Bion of Smyrna (120–57 BC) said by 57 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 8.13–14 (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“οὐδ᾿ ἵνα νυκτὸς ὁδοιπορέοντας ἐνοχλέω, ἀλλ᾿ ἐράω· καλὸν δέ τ᾿ ἐρασσαμένῳ συναρέσθαι.”
Bion of Smyrna (120–57 BC) said by 57 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 11.7–8 (tr. J. M. Edmonds, 1912)
“ὄλβιοι οἱ φιλέοντες, ἐπὴν ἴσον ἀντεράωνται.”
Bion of Smyrna (120–57 BC) said by 57 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 12.1 (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“μορφὰ θηλυτέραισι πέλει καλόν, ἀνέρι δ᾿ ἀλκά.”
Bion of Smyrna (120–57 BC) said by 57 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 15 (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“αὐτὰρ ἐγὼν βασεῦμαι ἐμὰν ὁδὸν ἐς τὸ κάταντες τῆνο ποτὶ ψάμαθόν τε καὶ ἀιόνα ψιθυρίσδων, λισσόμενος Γαλάτειαν ἀπηνέα· τὰς δὲ γλυκείας ἐλπίδας ὑστατίῳ μέχρι γήραος οὐκ ἀπολειψῶ.”
Bion of Smyrna (120–57 BC) said by 57 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 16 (tr. J. M. Edmonds, 1912)