Aulus Licinius Archias

Aulus Licinius Archias (Greek: Ἀρχίας; fl. c. 120 – 61 BC) was a Graeco-Syrian poet. Quotes Οὐκέτι παφλάζοντα διαΐσσων βυθὸν ἅλμης  δελφίς, πτοιήσεις εἰναλίων ἀγέλας,οὐδὲ πολυτρήτοιο μέλος καλάμοιο χορεύων  ὑγρὸν ἀναρρίψεις ἅλμα παρὰ σκαφίσινοὐδὲ σὺ γ᾽, ἀφρηστά, Νηρηίδας ὡς πρὶν ἀείρων  νώτοις πορθμεύσεις Τηθύος εἰς πέρατα. ἦ γὰρ ἴσον; πρηῶνι Μαλείης ὡς ἐκυκήθη,  κῦμα πολυψάμμους ὦσέ σ᾿ ἐπὶ ψαμάθους. No more to plunge through depths of bubbling sea,  Startling the finny shoals that downward floatNor gambol to the reed-pipe’s melody,  Breaking the billows round the fisher’s boat!Child of the foam! fair mermaids clinging close  Shall cross on thee to ocean’s end no more:Huge as the Southern Cape a wave arose,  And hurled thee high upon the sandy shore. Anthologia Palatina, vii, 214; "A Stranded Dolphin", as translated by A. J. Butler, Amaranth and Asphodel (1922), p. 46 External links Category:Poets from Greece Category:BCE births Category:BCE deaths