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Theocritus
12 quotes
“ἅδιον, ὦ ποιμήν, τὸ τεὸν μέλος ἢ τὸ καταχὲς τῆν᾿ ἀπὸ τᾶς πέτρας καταλείβεται ὑψόθεν ὕδωρ.”
Theocritus (401–260 BC) said by 260 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: I.7–8 (tr. A. S. F. Gow, 1952)
“ἠνίδε σιγῇ μὲν πόντος, σιγῶντι δ᾿ ἀῆται, ἁ δ᾿ ἐμὰ οὐ σιγῇ στέρνων ἔντοσθεν ἀνία.”
Theocritus (401–260 BC) said by 260 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ἐλπίδες ἐν ζωοῖσιν, ἀνέλπιστοι δὲ θανόντες.”
Theocritus (401–260 BC) said by 260 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: IV.42 (tr. A. S. F. Gow, 1952)
“ἦ γὰρ ἔρωτι πολλάκις, ὦ Πολύφημε, τὰ μὴ καλὰ καλὰ πέφανται.”
Theocritus (401–260 BC) said by 260 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: VI.18–19 (tr. R. Polwhele, 1786)
“τὰν παρεοῖσαν ἄμελγε· τί τὸν φεύγοντα διώκεις;”
Theocritus (401–260 BC) said by 260 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: XI.75 (tr. A. Lang, 1880)
“οἱ δὲ ποθεῦντες ἐν ἤματι γηράσκουσιν.”
Theocritus (401–260 BC) said by 260 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: XII.2 (tr. A. S. F. Gow, 1952)
“ἀεργοῖς αἰὲν ἑορτά.”
Theocritus (401–260 BC) said by 260 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: XV.26 (tr. A. S. F. Gow, 1952)
“ἐς Τροίαν πειρώμενοι ἦνθον Ἀχαιοί, καλλίστα παίδων· πείρᾳ θην πάντα τελεῖται.”
Theocritus (401–260 BC) said by 260 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: XV.61–62 (tr. A. S. F. Gow, 1952)
“εὐσεβέων παίδεσσι τὰ λώια, δυσσεβέων δ᾿ οὔ.”
Theocritus (401–260 BC) said by 260 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: XXVI.32 (tr. C. S. Calverley, 1869)
“κῆνο γάρ τις ἔρει τὦπος ἴδων σ᾿· «ἦ μεγάλα χάρις δώρῳ σὺν ὀλίγῳ· πάντα δὲ τίματα τὰ πὰρ φίλων».”
Theocritus (401–260 BC) said by 260 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: XVIII.24–25 (tr. C. S. Calverley, 1869)
“ἄλλου δ᾿ ἄλλον ἔθηκε θεὸς ἐπιδευέα φωτῶν.”
Theocritus (401–260 BC) said by 260 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: XXV.50 (tr. F. Fawkes, 1767)
“ἀλλὰ πέρρ ἀπάλω στύματός σε πεδέρχομαι ὀμνάσθην, ὅτι πέρρυσιν ἦσθα νεώτερος, κὤττι γηράλεοι πέλεμεν πρὶν ἀπύπτυσαι καὶ ῥύσοι, νεότατα δ᾿ ἔχειν παλινάγρετον οὐκ ἔστι· πτέρυγας γὰρ ἐπωμιδίαις φόρη, κἄμμες βαρδύτεροι τὰ ποτήμενα συλλάβην.”
Theocritus (401–260 BC) said by 260 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: XXIX.25–30 (tr. C. S. Calverley, 1869)