XVI
MELEAGER (2)
MELEAGER
Island Tyre was my nurse; and the Attic land that lies in Syrian
Gadara is the country of my birth; and I sprang of Eucrates, I
Meleager, the companion of the Muses, first of all who have run side
by side with the Graces of Menippus. And if I am a Syrian, what
wonder? We all dwell in one country, O stranger, the world; one Chaos
brought all mortals to birth. And when stricken in years, I inscribed
this on my tablets before burial, since old age is death's near
neighbour; but do thou, bidding hail to me, the aged talker, thyself
reach a talking old age.
Greek Anthology Book I Chapter IV Part II
From J. W. Mackail
Meleager, Meleager (2)
Oeneus, Atalanta, Meleager and a son of Thestius (?). Engraved Etruscan mirror, bronze, 4th–3rd century B.C.
Public Doman. Courtesy of Bibi Saint-Pol.Garland of Meleager - Greek Anthology
Garland of Meleager - Greek Anthology
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