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"Ἤδη καὶ γλυκύπικρον ἐδέξατο κέντρον Ἐρώτων."
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Musaeus Grammaticus
Musaeus Grammaticus probably belongs to the beginning of the 6th century AD, as his style and metre are evidently modeled on those of Nonnus. He lived before Agathias (530–582) and has been identified with a correspondent of Procopius of Gaza. His poem on the story of Hero and Leander is considered the most beautiful of the age. The little love-poem Alpheus and Arethusa is also ascribed to Musaeus
"Ἤδη καὶ γλυκύπικρον ἐδέξατο κέντρον Ἐρώτων."
"Παρθενικῆς δὲ πειθομένης ποτὶ λέκτρον ὑπόσχεσίς ἐστι σιωπή."
"Κάλλος γὰρ περίπυστον ἀμωμήτοιο γυναικὸς ὀξύτερον μερόπεσσι πέλει πτερόεντος ὀιστοῦ· ὀφθαλμὸς δ᾿ ὁδός ἐστιν."
"Εἰπέ, θεά, κρυφίων ἐπιμάρτυρα λύχνον ἐρώτων καὶ νύχιον πλωτῆρα θαλασσοπόρων ὑμεναίων καὶ γάμον ἀχλυόεντα, τὸν οὐκ ἴδεν ἄφθιτος Ἠώς, καὶ Σηστὸν καὶ Ἄβυδον, ὅπῃ γάμον ἔννυχον Ἡροῦς."