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About Hedylus
Hedylus (Greek: Ἥδυλος; fl. 3rd century BC) was a Greek epigrammatist of the Hellenistic period. His epigrams were included in the Garland of Meleager, now lost. Eleven are preserved in the Greek Anthology.
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“The daughter of limb-relaxing Bacchus and limb-relaxing Aphrodite is limb-relaxing Gout.”
“Wine and treacherous toasts and the sweet love of Nicagoras sent Aglaonice to sleep; and here hath she dedicated to Cypris these spoils of her maiden love still all dripping with scent, her sandals and the soft band that held her bosom, witnesses to her sleep and his violence then.”
“With wine and words of love and every vow
He lulled me into bed and closed my eyes,
A sleepy, stupid innocent . . . So now
I dedicate the spoils of my surprise:
The silk that bound my breasts, my virgin zone,
The cherished purity I could not keep.
Goddess, remember we were all alone,
And he was strong—and I was half asleep.”
He lulled me into bed and closed my eyes,
A sleepy, stupid innocent . . . So now
I dedicate the spoils of my surprise:
The silk that bound my breasts, my virgin zone,
The cherished purity I could not keep.
Goddess, remember we were all alone,
And he was strong—and I was half asleep.”
“With wine and words of love and fervid vow
He lulled me into bed. I closed my eyes,
A sleepy, stupid innocent . . . And now
I dedicate the spoils of my surprise:
The silk that bound my breasts, my virgin zone,
The cherished purity I could not keep . . .
Goddess, remember we were all alone,
And he was strong—and I was half asleep.”
He lulled me into bed. I closed my eyes,
A sleepy, stupid innocent . . . And now
I dedicate the spoils of my surprise:
The silk that bound my breasts, my virgin zone,
The cherished purity I could not keep . . .
Goddess, remember we were all alone,
And he was strong—and I was half asleep.”
About Hedylus
Hedylus (Greek: Ἥδυλος; fl. 3rd century BC) was a Greek epigrammatist of the Hellenistic period. His epigrams were included in the Garland of Meleager, now lost. Eleven are preserved in the Greek Anthology.