Save Water, Prodike by Rufinus

Save water, Prodike-
bath with a friend!
We’ll crown each other with foam,
and knock back some champagne.
We haven’t all that long
before our wrinkles mean
we’re past our shag-by date –
not just that the water is too hot.

From: http://www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/magazine/record.asp?id=16942

Date: ?3^rd century (original in Greek); 2005 (translation in English)

By: Rufinus (?3^rd century)

Translated by: Neil Philip (19??-)

A Bird by Anyte of Tegea

You will never rise up again with a flutter of thick wings and rouse me from my bed in the morning;
For a thief came silently upon you in your sleep and killed you, pressing his finger into your throat.

From: http://elfinspell.com/ClassicalTexts/Poetry/AnyteOfTegea-Sappho/Aldington-Anyte.html

Date: 3rd century BCE (original); 1919 (translation)

By: Anyte of Tegea (3^rd century BCE)

Translated by: Richard (Edward Godfree) Aldington (1892-1962)