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Praxilla Quotes

b. 451 BC Greece

Praxilla (Greek: Πράξιλλα; fl. 451 BC) was a Greek lyric poetess of the 5th century BC from Sicyon on the Gulf of Corinth. Five quotations and three paraphrases from her poems survive.

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4 quotes

Under every stone, my friend, beware of a scorpion.

Look at the lattice above
For a pretty wonder,—
Down to the necklet—a girl,
But a woman under.

O Miss, from out your window blowing kisses—
A Miss by your face, but lower down a Mrs.

The fairest things I leave behind
Are daylight, and the purple bars
Of sunset, and the summer wind,
And moonrise, and the gathered stars;
And what the terraced orchard bears,
Ripe cucumbers and mellow pears.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Praxilla (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.