“If you point your b-i-g nose sunward and open your gaping mouth, all who pass by will know the time of day.” Quote by Traianus
“They say time will make all this go away. But it's time that's taken my tomorrow, and turned them into yesterday.” Time Author:Ben Harper
“A man bitten by a mad hound, they say, sees an image of the beast in the water. Is Eros then wild with rabies? Did he gash me with his bitter tooth and ravage my spirit with his heat? For now I see your darling form mirrored in wine cup, river whirlpool and the sea.” Willis BarnstonePaulus Silentiarius Author:Paulus Silentiarius
“Zozime, you were a slave girl only in body and now find freedom for your body too.” Willis BarnstoneDamaskiosEpitaphph Author:Damaskios
“We his grateful opponents erected this statue To Apis a Thoughtful Boxer who even when clinching never hurt any of us.” Willis BarnstoneLucillius Author:Lucillius
“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.” Willis BarnstoneAphroditeIbykos Author:Ibykos
“Even now Eros looks at me with tenderness from under dark eyelids, and casts me spellbound into Aphrodite's nets where I lie caught inextricably, for I swear his mere approach makes me tremble like an old champion chariot horse, as he draws a swift cart unwillingly to the race.” Willis BarnstoneAphroditeIbykos Author:Ibykos
“Here, the tomb of Timokritos, a hero in the wars. It is the coward whom Ares spares, not the brave.” Willis BarnstoneAnakreon Author:Anakreon
“The gods did riot: enrich man with a knowledge of all things from the beginning of life. Yet man seeks, and in time invents what may be better.” Willis BarnstoneXenophanes Author:Xenophanes
“In the high branches perch the mottled ducks and purple cormorants with their sleek throats and kingfishers of the long wings. O let my heart always be like the birds of the purple crest and long wings!” Willis BarnstoneIbykos Author:Ibykos