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Asclepiades of Samos Quotes

320 BC–270 BC Greece

Asclepiades of Samos (Greek: Ἀσκληπιάδης; born c. 320 BC; fl. c. 270 BC) was an ancient Greek epigrammatist and lyric poet. He was a friend of Hedylus and possibly of Theocritus.

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If she is dusky, what is that to me? So are the coals, but when we light them, they shine as bright as roses.

Thou grudgest thy maidenhead? What avails it? When thou goest to Hades thou shalt find none to love thee there. The joys of Love are in the land of the living, but in Acheron, dear virgin, we shall lie dust and ashes.

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