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Famous Anakreon Quotes
“Although we call these women loose, they tighten their thighs around thighs.”
“Let us hang garlands of celery across our foreheads and call a festival to Dionysos.”
“Eros, the blacksmith of love, smashed me with a giant hammer and doused me in the cold river.”
“Lord! I clamber up the white cliff and dive into the steaming wave, O dead drunk with love.”
“Come swiftly and rub aromatic myrrh on her breasts: the hollow cave around her heart.”
“I looked at her and took off like a frightened cuckoo bird.”