Living Poets

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καὶ δὴ καὶ Σοφοκλεῖ ποτε τῶι ποιητῆι παρεγενόμην ἐρωτωμένωι ὑπό τινος· “πῶς,” ἔφη, “ὦ Σοφόκλεις, ἔχεις πρὸς τἀφροδίσια; ἔτι οἷός τε εἶ γυναικὶ συγγίγνεσθαι;” καὶ ὅς “εὐφήμει,” ἔφη, “ὦ ἄνθρωπε· ἀσμενέστατα μέντοι αὐτὸ ἀπέφυγον, ὥσπερ λυττῶντά τινα καὶ ἄγριον δεσπότην ἀποφυγών.” εὖ οὖν μοι καὶ τότε ἔδοξεν ἐκεῖνος εἰπεῖν, καὶ νῦν οὖχ ἧττον.
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In particular, I was once with the poet Sophocles when someone asked him, ‘how are you these days with regard to love-matters, Sophocles; are you still capable of having sex with a woman?’ He replied, ‘hush, gentleman. I have escaped it very gladly, like someone who has escaped from a raving and savage master.’ At that time I thought that he had spoken well, and I still think so, even now.
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