But I grow old ever learning many things;2 and again,
But now the works of the Cyprus-born goddess are dear to my soul,3
Of Dionysus, too, and the Muses, which impart delights to men.
But I grow old ever learning many things;2 and again,
But now the works of the Cyprus-born goddess are dear to my soul,3
Of Dionysus, too, and the Muses, which impart delights to men.
1 Cf. Plut. Sol. 26.1. There is no trace of any such work of Solon's, and the attribution of it to him is probably a play of Plato's fancy.
2 Cf. chapter ii. 2.
3 Fragment 26 (Bergk)
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