January 10, 2024

οἴαν τὰν ὐάκινθον ἐν ὤρεσι ποίμενες ἄνδρες 
πόσσι καταστείβοισι, χάμαι δέ τε πόρφυρον ἄνθος …

—Sappho 105c

talia dum vero memorantur Apollinis ore,  
ecce cruor, qui fusus humo signaverat herbas,         
desinit esse cruor, Tyrioque nitentior ostro
flos oritur formamque capit, quam lilia, si non
purpureus color his, argenteus esset in illis.

—Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.209-213