Sit all beneath fair leaves of spreading bay, And draw swee… - Anyte of Tegea

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Sit all beneath fair leaves of spreading bay, And draw sweet water from a timely spring,
And let your breathless limbs, this summer day, Rest, in the west wind’s airy buffeting.

Anyte of Tegea

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Anyte of Tegea (fl. c. 300 BC) was a Greek poetess from in Arcadia. Little is known of her life, but twenty-four epigrams attributed to her are preserved in the , and one is quoted by . She introduced rural themes to the genre, which became a standard theme in Hellenistic epigram. She is one of the nine outstanding ancient women poets listed by . Her pastoral poetry may have influenced Theocritus, and her works were adapted by several later poets, including Ovid.

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Native Name: Ἀνύτη Τεγεᾶτις

Alternative Names: Anyte • Anyta

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I, Hermes, by the grey sea-shore, Set where the three roads meet,Outside the wind-swept garden, Give rest to weary feet;The waters of my fountainAre clear, and cool, and sweet.

Ἑρμᾶς τᾶιδ᾽ ἕστακα παρ᾽ ὄρχατον ἠνεμόεντα ἐν τριόδοις πολιᾶς ἐγγύθεν ἀιόνος,ἀνράσι κεκμηῶσιν ἔχων ἄμπαυσιν ὁδοῖο· ψυχρὸν δ᾽ ἀχραὲς κράνα ὑποπροχέει.

No more exulting o'er the buoyant seaHigh shall I raise my head in gambols free;Nor by some gallant ship breathe out the air,Pleas'd with my own bright image figur'd there.The storm's black mist has forc'd me to the land,And laid me lifeless on this couch of sand.

Sit all beneath fair leaves of spreading bay, And draw sweet water from a timely spring, And let your breathless limbs, this summer day, Rest, in the… - Anyte of Tegea

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