"ἔρωτι δὲ ἄρα πάντα βάσιμα, καὶ πῦρ καὶ ὕδωρ καὶ Σκυθικὴ χιών.
For love, everything’s crossable: fire, water, even Skythian snow."
For love, everything’s crossable: fire, water, even Skythian snow."
— Longus Daphnis and Chloe 3.5.4
Piazza degli Affari, Milano
L.O.V.E. - Maurizio Cattelan
(Source: fabforgottennobility, via rollership)
"πέντε δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἔσαν σάκεος πτύχες: αὐτὰρ ἐν αὐτῷ
ποίει δαίδαλα πολλὰ ἰδυίῃσι πραπίδεσσιν.
ἐν μὲν γαῖαν ἔτευξ᾽, ἐν δ᾽ οὐρανόν, ἐν δὲ θάλασσαν,
ἠέλιόν τ᾽ ἀκάμαντα σελήνην τε πλήθουσαν,
ἐν δὲ τὰ τείρεα πάντα, τά τ᾽ οὐρανὸς ἐστεφάνωται,
Πληϊάδας θ᾽ Ὑάδας τε τό τε σθένος Ὠρίωνος
Ἄρκτόν θ᾽, ἣν καὶ Ἄμαξαν ἐπίκλησιν καλέουσιν,
ἥ τ᾽ αὐτοῦ στρέφεται καί τ᾽ Ὠρίωνα δοκεύει,
οἴη δ᾽ ἄμμορός ἐστι λοετρῶν Ὠκεανοῖο.
The shield’s plates were five-folded and on its top
Hephaistos carved out decorations with a craftsman’s ingenuity.
He engraved there earth and sky and sea
tireless sun and full moon
every constellation that crowns heaven:
Pleidaes and Hyades and mighty Orion
the Bear too that some call Cart
that spins in place while watching out for Orion
that alone avoids Ocean’s baths."
ποίει δαίδαλα πολλὰ ἰδυίῃσι πραπίδεσσιν.
ἐν μὲν γαῖαν ἔτευξ᾽, ἐν δ᾽ οὐρανόν, ἐν δὲ θάλασσαν,
ἠέλιόν τ᾽ ἀκάμαντα σελήνην τε πλήθουσαν,
ἐν δὲ τὰ τείρεα πάντα, τά τ᾽ οὐρανὸς ἐστεφάνωται,
Πληϊάδας θ᾽ Ὑάδας τε τό τε σθένος Ὠρίωνος
Ἄρκτόν θ᾽, ἣν καὶ Ἄμαξαν ἐπίκλησιν καλέουσιν,
ἥ τ᾽ αὐτοῦ στρέφεται καί τ᾽ Ὠρίωνα δοκεύει,
οἴη δ᾽ ἄμμορός ἐστι λοετρῶν Ὠκεανοῖο.
The shield’s plates were five-folded and on its top
Hephaistos carved out decorations with a craftsman’s ingenuity.
He engraved there earth and sky and sea
tireless sun and full moon
every constellation that crowns heaven:
Pleidaes and Hyades and mighty Orion
the Bear too that some call Cart
that spins in place while watching out for Orion
that alone avoids Ocean’s baths."
— Homer, Iliad 18.481-9
"tibi autem unde in servos tantum et tam inane fastidium, quasi non ex isdem tibi et constent et alantur elementis eundemque spiritum ab eodem principio carpant?
Where does your deep and ludicrous loathing for slaves come from, as if they don’t exist consist of and rely on the same elements as you do, as if they don’t hold the same soul from the same start?"
Where does your deep and ludicrous loathing for slaves come from, as if they don’t exist consist of and rely on the same elements as you do, as if they don’t hold the same soul from the same start?"
— Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.11.6
(Source: conformi, via atomicsalad)
