An epigram by Rufinus, of uncertain date, though in the usual way he has often been placed late on account of being raunchy; and one by Meleager, the acknowledged star of erotic epigram. Troezen is in the northeast Peloponnese; the misognyistic titular character of Euripides' Hippolytus meets his downfall there.
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RUFINUS
A skilful nurse of boys is Troëzen;
You would not be mistaken if you chose
Even the least of them. And nonetheless
Empedocles outshines its other boys,
Outblossoms them, as much as does the rose
Blazing amid the flowers of the spring.
12.60
MELEAGER
If I see Therōn, I see everything;
But if I see the whole world, and not he,
Then there is nothing in the world I see.
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