#epigram

[unspeakablearchives]

[lionofchaeronea]

A Prayer to Artemis

O Savior-Goddess, Artemis, Light-Bringer, stand upon The land of Pollis; grant your pleasing light To him and to his children. It's easy -- he knows well The scales of Justice coming straight from Zeus. Grant too, Artemis, that the Graces, speeding through This grove, toss their light sandals on the flowers.

φωσφόρος ὦ σώτειρ᾽, ἐπὶ Πόλλιδος ἕσταθι κλήρων, Ἄρτεμι, καὶ χαρίεν φῶς ἑὸν ἀνδρὶ δίδου, αὐτῷ καὶ γενεῇ τόπερ εὐμαρές: οὐ γὰρ ἀφαυρῶς ἐκ Διὸς ἰθείης οἶδε τάλαντα δίκης. ἄλσος δ᾽,Ἄρτεμι, τοῦτο καὶ ἂν Χαρίτεσσι θεούσαις εἴη ἐπ᾽ ἀνθεμίδων σάμβαλα κοῦφα βαλεῖν.

--Diotimus (fl. ca. 100 BCE), Greek Anthology 6.297

[danskjavlarna]

Source details and larger version.

Some very weird vintage insects are collected here.

[thepersonalwords]

A truly compassionate man gives a poor woman a portion of his meal before he eats, not after he has eaten.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

[thepastisalreadywritten]

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Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist, and film director.

He has never publicly confirmed his identity.

Active since the 1990s, his satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stencilling technique.

His works of political and social commentary have appeared on streets, walls, and bridges throughout the world.

His work grew out of the Bristol underground scene, which involved collaborations between artists and musicians.

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[unspeakabledigressions]

[stoicmike]

Mirror.