Apr 24, 2022
Not if I were made the guardian of the Cretans, not if I were borne by the flight of Pegasus, not if I were a Ladas or wing-footed Perseus, not if I were the snowy, swift team of King Rhesus; add to all this feathered feet and the ability to fly, and at the same time seek the speed of the winds which you could harness and bestow on me, Camerius: however, I would still be wearied in all the marrow of my bones and eaten away by great exhaustion from seeking you, my friend, for myself.
— Catullus 58b, Catullus, tr. Kathleen