Idylls Quotes

“Let the high Muse chant loves Olympian:
We are but mortals, and must sing of men.”
― Theocritus, Idylls

“While there's life there's hope, and only the dead have none.”
― Theocritus, Idylls

“Pachnie nam żyznym latem, pachnie urodzajem.
Więc gruszek pod stopami, a jabłek pod dłonią
Wala się pod dostatkiem; opodal się kłonią
Ku ziemi śliwy, owoc ciężarnej gałęzi.
I wino z czteroletniej dobyto uwięzi.”
― Theocritus, Sielanki

“Soon he saw
A spring in a hollow; around it grew abundant reeds,
Fresh green maidenhair and dark blue celandine,
Carpets of wild celery, and creeping dostooth grass.
In the water Nymphs, feared by country folk -
Eunica and Malis, and Nychea with spring in her eyes.”
― Theocritus, Idylls