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“In spring the quince trees ripen in the girls' holy orchard with river waters; and grapes turn violet under the shade of luxuriant leafage and newborn shoots. But for me, Eros knows no winter sleep, and as north winds burn down from Thrace with searing lighting, Kypris mutilates my heart with black and baleful love.”

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“Hold my coat while I belt Boupalos in the eye. I am ambidextrous and never miss a punch.”

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“And I've fallen. So hard. I've hit the ground. Gone right through it. Never in my life have I felt this. Nothing like this. I've felt shame and cowardice, weakness and strength. I've known terror and indifference, self-hate and general disgust. I've seen things that cannot be unseen. And yet I've known nothing like this terrible, horrible, paralyzing feeling. I feel crippled. Desperate and out of control. And it keeps getting worse. Every day I feel sick. Empty and somehow aching. Love is a heartless bastard.”

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“Hermes, dear Hermes, Maia's son from Kyllene, I pray to you, for I'm frozen and I shiver. Give Hipponax a woolen overcoat, a Persian cape, some sandals and felt slippers, and sixty gold staters for his inner wall. Give Hipponax a woolen overcoat. I tell you, his teeth are rattling in his head! But from you never even a shabby coat against the very cold or slippers to keep my toes from freezing.”

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“Never yet has the blind god, Wealth, come to my house and said 'Hipponax, I'm giving you thirty silver minas and much more.' No, he's far too tight.”

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