Hedylus
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Hedylus (, Hḗdylos; fl. 3rd century BC) was a Greek epigrammatic poet of the Hellenistic period.
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- “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 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.”
- “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.”
- “The daughter of limb-relaxing Bacchus and limb-relaxing Aphrodite is limb-relaxing Gout.”
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Hedylus (, Hḗdylos; fl. 3rd century BC) was a Greek epigrammatic poet of the Hellenistic period.
Hedylus was the son Hedyle, and a native of Samos or Athens. His epigrams were included in the Garland of Meleager. Eleven of them are in the Greek Anthology, but the genuineness of two of these is very doubtful. Most of his epigrams are in praise of wine, and all of them are sportive. In some he describes the dedicatory offerings in the temple of Arsinoe, among which he mentions the hydraulic organ of Ctesibius. Besides this indication of his time, we know that he was the contemporary and rival of Callimachus and friend of Poseidippus of Pella. He lived therefore in the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, and is to be classed with the Alexandrian school of poets.
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