Doylestown, Pennsylvania
“A Lover of Greece and Rome”
Maecenas atavis edite regibus,
O et praesidium et dulce decus meum.
Washington
Dedication
To
THE MEMORY OF
BASIL LANNEAU GILDERSLEEVE
MASTER, COLLEAGUE, AND FRIEND
AND TO MY FORMER TEACHERS
EDWARD CAPPS
PAUL SHOREY
ULRICH von WILAMOWITZ-MOELLENDORFF
δῶρον ’αντὶ μαγάλου σμικρόν
A trifling gift in return for much.
Ἑτερος ἐξ ἑτέρου σοφὸς τό τε πάλαι τό τε νῦν. οὐδὲ γὰρ ῥᾶστον ἀρρήτων ἐπέων πύλας ἐξευρεῖν.
Poet is heir to poet, now as of yore; for in sooth ’tis no light task to find the gates of virgin song.
Jebb, Bacchylides, p. 413, frag. 4