Apollonius Of Tyana In Rhodes
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
Apollonius was talking about
proper education and conduct with a young
man who was building a luxurious
house in Rhodes. "As for me" said the Tyanian
at last, "when I enter a temple
however small it may be, I very much prefer
to see a statue of ivory and gold
than a clay and vulgar one in a large temple".--
The "clay" and "vulgar"; the detestable:
that already some people (without enough training)
it deceives knavishly. The clay and vulgar.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 442 |
Words | 83 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 3 |
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