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Look well | Look well upon this statue, stranger, and say, when you get home, “I saw the likeness of Anacreon in Teos, one of the greatest among the poets of old.” Add to this that he loved young men, and you will have accurately described the whole man. | ||
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Θᾶσαι τὸν ἀνδριάντα τοῦτον, ὦ ξένε,
σπουδᾷ καὶ λέγ', ἐπὰν ἐς οἶκον ἔνθῃς·
“Ἀνακρέοντος εἰκόν' εἶδον ἐν Τέῳ,
τῶν πρόσθ' εἴ τι περισσὸν ᾠδοποιοῦ.”
προσθεὶς δὲ χὤτι τοῖς νέοισιν ἅδετο,
ἐρεῖς ἀτρεκέως ὅλον τὸν ἄνδρα.
Look well upon this statue, stranger, and say, when you get home, “I saw the likeness of Anacreon in Teos, one of the greatest among the poets of old.” Add to this that he loved young men, and you will have accurately described the whole man.
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