Asclepiades of Samos

Asclepiades of Samos (Greek: Ἀσκληπιάδης; born c. 320 BC; fl. c. 270 BC) was an ancient Greek epigrammatist and lyric poet. He was a friend of Hedylus and possibly of Theocritus. Quotes Φείδῃ παρθενίης· καὶ τί πλέον; οὐ γὰρ ἐς Ἅιδην   ἐλθοῦς᾽ εὑρήσεις τὸν φιλέοντα, κόρη.ἐν ζωοῖσι τὰ τερπνὰ τὰ Κύπριδος· ἐν δ᾽ Ἀχέροντι   ὀστέα καὶ σποδιή, παρθένε, κεισόμεθα. Thou grudgest thy maidenhead? What avails it? When thou goest to Hades thou shalt find none to love thee there. The joys of Love are in the land of the living, but in Acheron, dear virgin, we shall lie dust and ashes. Anthologia Palatina, bk. 5, no. 85 (ed. & tr. W. R. Paton, vol. i, 1916, p. 169) εἰ δὲ μέλαινα, τί τοῦτο; καὶ ἄνθρακες· ἀλλ᾽ ὅτ᾽ ἐκείνουςθάλψωμεν, λάμπους᾽ ὡς ῥόδεαι κάλυκες. If she is dusky, what is that to me? So are the coals, but when we light them, they shine as bright as roses. Anthologia Palatina, bk. 5, no. 210 (ed. & tr. W. R. Paton, vol. i, 1916, p. 233) External links Category:BCE births Category:BCE deaths Category:Poets from Greece Category:Epigrammatists of the Greek Anthology