clearista

Updated: May 25, 2025

And the Thracian servant of Theucharidas, my nurse that is but lately dead, and who then dwelt at our doors, besought me and implored me to come and see the show. And I went with her, wretched woman that I am, clad about in a fair and sweeping linen stole, over which I had thrown the holiday dress of Clearista. Bethink thee of my love, and whence it came, my Lady Moon! Lo!

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

Clearista, too, pelts the goatherd with apples as he drives past his she-goats, and a sweet word she murmurs. Lacon. And wild with love am I too, for my fair young darling, that meets the shepherd, with the bright hair floating round the shapely neck. Comatas. Nay, ye may not liken dog-roses to the rose, or wind- flowers to the roses of the garden; by the garden walls their beds are blossoming.

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