Anacreon with His Mistress and the YoungBathyllosEtienne BarthélemyGarnier (French; 1759–1849)ca. 17
Anacreon with His Mistress and the YoungBathyllosEtienne BarthélemyGarnier (French; 1759–1849)ca. 1793Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, heightened with white gouache on beigelaid paperPrinceton University Art Museum, Princeton, New JerseyYou kill me, mycourteous Maecenas, by frequently inquiring, why a soothing indolence hasdiffused as great a degree of forgetfulness on my inmost senses, as if I hadimbibed with a thirsty throat the cups that bring on Lethean slumbers. For thegod, the god prohibits me from bringing to a conclusion the verses I promisedyou, namely those iambics which I had begun. In the same manner they reportthat Anacreon of Teios burned for the Samian Bathyllos; who often lamented hislove to an inaccurate measure on a hollow lyre. (Horace, excerpt fromOde XIV, “To Maecenas”; translated by C. Smart) -- source link
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