Quotes by Callimachus

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• Here sleeps Saon, of Acanthus, son of Dicon, a holy sleep: say not that the good die.

  Epigrams Epigram 10; translation from J. Banks (ed.) The Wo

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• O Charidas, what of the under world? Great darkness. And what of the resurrection? A lie. And Pluto? A fable; we perish utterly.

  Epigrams Epigram 14; translation from J. W. Mackail (ed.) S

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• They told me, Heraclitus, they told me you were dead,
  They brought me bitter news to hear and bitter tears to shed.
  I wept, as I remembered, how often you and I
  Had tired the sun with talking and sent him down the sky.

  Epigrams Epigram 2, translation by William Johnson Cory in

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• Two goddesses now must Cyprus adore;
  The Muses are ten, the Graces are four;
  Stella's wit is so charming, so sweet her fair face;
  She shines a new Venus, a Muse, and a Grace.

  Epigrams Epigram 5; translation by Jonathan Swift, cited fr

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Subjects in these quotes:

• resurrection
• heraclitus
• remembered
• goddesses
• charming
• talking

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