"Καὶ φίλος Αὐσονίοισι λιγύθροος ἔπρεπε κύκνος πνείων εὐεπίης Βεργίλλιος, ὅν ποτε Ῥώμης Θυμβριὰς ἄλλον Ὅμηρον ἀνέτρεφε πάτριος Ηχώ."
— Virgil

January 1, 1970

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Christodoros of Thebes, "description of the statues in the public gymnasium called Zeuxippos", Greek Anthology, II (tr. W. R. Paton, 1916)