A Poem by Meleager

Meleager, in Greek Anthology 12.101 (tr. Margaret Hubbard): I was unwounded by Desires, but Myiscus shot me in the heart with his eyes, and cried, 'I have caught the braggart. That supercilious sneer that imperious philosophy gave, look, I am trampling on it.' Just breathing, I replied, 'Dear lad, why all this surprise? Zeus himself was hauled down from Olympus by Love.' τόν με Πόθοις ἄτρωτον ὑπὸ…