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  • March 28, 2023

    τίς δὲ βίος, τί δὲ τερπνὸν ἄτερ χρυσῆς Ἀφροδίτης; 
         τεθναίην, ὅτε μοι μηκέτι ταῦτα μέλοι,
    κρυπταδίη φιλότης καὶ μείλιχα δῶρα καὶ εὐνή, 
         οἷ’ ἥβης ἄνθεα γίνεται ἁρπαλέα
    ἀνδράσιν ἠδὲ γυναιξίν· ἐπεὶ δ’ ὀδυνηρὸν ἐπέλθηι
         γῆρας, ὅ τ’ αἰσχρὸν ὁμῶς καὶ κακὸν ἄνδρα τιθεῖ,
    αἰεί μιν φρένας ἀμφὶ κακαὶ τείρουσι μέριμναι, 
         οὐδ’ αὐγὰς προσορῶν τέρπεται ἠελίου,
    ἀλλ’ ἐχθρὸς μὲν παισίν, ἀτίμαστος δὲ γυναιξίν· 
         οὕτως ἀργαλέον γῆρας ἔθηκε θεός.

    —Mimnermus 1

    Soluitur acris hiems grata vice veris et Favoni
         trahuntque siccas machinae carinas,
    ac neque iam stabulis gaudet pecus aut arator igni
         nec prata canis albicant pruinis.
    Iam Cytherea choros ducit Venus imminente luna       
         iunctaeque Nymphis Gratiae decentes
    alterno terram quatiunt pede, dum gravis Cyclopum
         Volcanus ardens visit officinas.

    —Horace, Odes 1.4.1-8

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