ageanax

Updated: May 14, 2025

Their stalks are long, and the flowers 'nod' upon them, so that I see how the Greeks could make them into chaplets how Lycidas wore his crown of white violets lying by the fireside elbow-deep in withered asphodel, watching the chestnuts in the embers, and softly drinking deep healths to Ageanax far off upon the waves. It is impossible to go wrong in these valleys.

John Addington Symonds - Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series

But come, Simichidas, without more ado let us begin the pastoral song. And I nay, see friend if it please thee at all, this ditty that I lately fashioned on the mountain side! The Song of Lycidas. Fair voyaging befall Ageanax to Mytilene, both when the Kids are westering, and the south wind the wet waves chases, and when Orion holds his feet above the Ocean!

of Phlossa near Smyrna Bion - Theocritus Bion and Moschus Rendered into English Prose

Let all things smile on Ageanax to Mytilene sailing, and may he come to a friendly haven. And I, on that day, will go crowned with anise, or with a rosy wreath, or a garland of white violets, and the fine wine of Ptelea I will dip from the bowl as I lie by the fire, while one shall roast beans for me, in the embers.

of Phlossa near Smyrna Bion - Theocritus Bion and Moschus Rendered into English Prose

And elbow-deep shall the flowery bed be thickly strewn, with fragrant leaves and with asphodel, and with curled parsley; and softly will I drink, toasting Ageanax with lips clinging fast to the cup, and draining it even to the lees.

of Phlossa near Smyrna Bion - Theocritus Bion and Moschus Rendered into English Prose