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Ἀνέρα λυσσητῆρι κυνὸς βεβολημένον ἰῷ — Paul the Silentiary

"Ἀνέρα λυσσητῆρι κυνὸς βεβολημένον ἰῷ ὕδασι θηρείην εἰκόνα φασὶ βλέπειν. λυσσώων τάχα πικρὸν Ἔρως ἐνέπηξεν ὀδόντα εἰς ἐμέ, καὶ μανίαις θυμὸν ἐληίσατο: σὴν γὰρ ἐμοὶ καὶ πόντος ἐπήρατον εἰκόνα φαίνει, καὶ ποταμῶν δῖναι, καὶ δέπας οἰνοχόον."
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Paul the Silentiary
Paul the Silentiary
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Paul the Silentiary, also known as Paulus Silentiarius, was a Greek Byzantine poet and courtier to the emperor Justinian at Constantinople.