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Nonnus
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“Αἴθε βέλος γενόμην ἢ δίκτυον ἠὲ φαρέτρη, αἴθε βέλος γενόμην θηροκτόνον, ὄφρά με γυμναῖς χερσὶν ἐλαφρίσσειεν· ὀπισθοτόνοιο δὲ τόξου εἴην νεῦρα βόεια πολὺ πλέον, ὄφρά με μαζῷ χιονέῳ πελάσειε σαόφρονος ἔκτοθι μίτρης, ναὶ δαμάλη, ναὶ μόσχε, σαόφρονος ἔκτοθι μίτρης.”
Nonnus (500–500) said by 500 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dionysiaca, bk. 15, 258, trans. C. A. Elton, Specimens of the Classical Poets (1814), vol. 3, p. 323
“Χερσὶ γυναιμανέεσσιν ἐμῆς μὴ ψαῦε φαρέτρης· τόξον ἔχω, σὺ δὲ θύρσον·”
Nonnus (500–500) said by 500 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dionysiaca, bk. 16, 165, trans. W. H. D. Rouse (1940)
“Ὑπναλέην δὲ ἀθρήσας Διόνυσος ἐρημαίην Ἀριάδνην θαύματι μῖξεν ἔρωτα·”
Nonnus (500–500) said by 500 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dionysiaca, bk. 47, 271, trans. Mrs Browning, Last Poems (1862)