"Humanae mentis dispensatrix amabilis Suada
solus mihi hic puer
amabilis clemens sit.
Et ipsum haberet tanquam
Bacchus contubernalem: non cupio
Aethera inhabitare exsul.
Non Deus esse
Volui, non Sol lucem
praebens hominibus. Non potum traho
Nectaris, ambrosiaque,
haud careo, non curo
Ampelus si amat me, et me
odio habeat Saturnius!"
Ἀνδρομέης κραδίης ταμίη, φιλοτήσιε Πειθώ,
μοῦνος ἐμοὶ νέος οὗτος ἐπήρατος ἵλαος εἴη:
καί μιν ἔχων, ἅτε Βάκχος, ὁμέψιον οὐ μενεαίνω
αἰθέρα ναιετάειν μετανάστιος, οὐ θεὸς εἶναι
ἤθελον, οὐ Φαέθων φαεσίμβροτος, οὐ πόθον ἕλκω
285νέκταρος, ἀμβροσίης δ᾽ οὐ δεύομαι: οὐκ ἀλεγίζω,
ἄμπελος εἰ φιλέει με καὶ ἐχθαίρει με Κρονίων.’
--Nonnus, Dionysiaca X.278-287; translated from the Greek by Christian Wulfius
Ἀνδρομέης κραδίης ταμίη, φιλοτήσιε Πειθώ,
μοῦνος ἐμοὶ νέος οὗτος ἐπήρατος ἵλαος εἴη:
καί μιν ἔχων, ἅτε Βάκχος, ὁμέψιον οὐ μενεαίνω
αἰθέρα ναιετάειν μετανάστιος, οὐ θεὸς εἶναι
ἤθελον, οὐ Φαέθων φαεσίμβροτος, οὐ πόθον ἕλκω
285νέκταρος, ἀμβροσίης δ᾽ οὐ δεύομαι: οὐκ ἀλεγίζω,
ἄμπελος εἰ φιλέει με καὶ ἐχθαίρει με Κρονίων.’
--Nonnus, Dionysiaca X.278-287; translated from the Greek by Christian Wulfius
"Persuasion, blessed goddess who manages human
minds,
May this young man be attracted to me alone!
If he may love me the way he loves Bacchus,
I would give up Mt. Olympus,
I would give up my godhood,
I would be no Sun, bearing light to mortals.
I wouldn’t need to drink nectar or ambrosia,
I woudn’t miss it, I wouldn’t need it, I
wouldn’t care!
If only Ampelos would love me, Jupiter himself can hate me, for all I care!"
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NONNUS
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Name: Nonnus of
Panopolis
Date: 4th –
5th c. CE
Works: Dionysiaca
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Nonnus was an Egyptian born Roman
citizen who composed the Dionysiaca, a massive 48 volume epic about
the life of the god Dionysus.
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