“Here Philippos the father buried his son Nikoteles, a child of twelve and his dearest hope.” Quote by Kallimachos
“There is a story that while Sokrates was in prison, awaiting his death, he heard a man sing skillfully a song by the lyric poet Stesichoros, and begged him to teach it to him before it was too late, and when the musician asked why, Sokrates replied, 'I want to die knowing one thing more.” Willis BarnstoneSocratesStesichorosAmmianus Marcellinus Author:Ammianus Marcellinus
“I am an apple, and one who loves you tossed me before you. O yield to him, dear Xanthippe! Both you and I decay.” PlatoWillis Barnstone Author:Plato
“I Laïs who laughed scornfully at Hellas, who kept a swarm of young lovers at my door, I lay my mirror before the Paphian, for I will not see myself as I am now, and cannot see myself as once I was.” PlatoWillis BarnstoneAphrodite Author:Plato
“If by growing a goatee you hope to come upon wisdom, then, O wise friend, any smelly goat in a handsome beard is at once Plato.” Willis BarnstoneLoukianos Author:Loukianos
“Later we will have a long time to lie dead yet the few years we have now we live badly.” Willis BarnstoneSemonides Author:Semonides
“Get him that enormous caldron on the tripod so he can bloat his stomach with every food. It is cool but soon will boil with good soup which gobbler Alkman likes sparkling hot, especially in the cold season of the solstice. The glutton Alkman abstains from fancy dishes but like the demos eats a plain massive meal.” Willis BarnstoneAlkman Author:Alkman
“Three seasons were created: summer and winter and a third in autumn, and even a fourth—the spring— when the fields are heavy with crops and a glutton still goes hungry.” Willis BarnstoneAlkman Author:Alkman
“The tyrant's craze for absolute power will soon demolish his country. Already the earth trembles.” Willis BarnstoneAlkaios Author:Alkaiosos
“Take a hard look at scrawny Diokleia. She's a skinny Aphrodite but sweet.' 'Then nothing will stand between us; when I lie on her skinny breasts I'll be pressing right against her heart.” Willis BarnstoneMarcus Argentarius Author:Marcus Argentarius