I hate the cyclic poem - Callimachus

I hate the cyclic poem and I don’t enjoy

The road that goes too far this way and that.

I despise as well the loved one who wanders—I

Don’t drink from just any stream: I loathe all common things.

Yes, Lysanius, you are fine—but before I say that clearly

Some Echo says “he belongs to another”.

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Callimachus (c. 310 - 240 BC) Egypt (born in Libya)
Translated by Sententi Aeantiquae
Source: Sententi Aeantiquae