Mimnermus
ancient Greek poet
Mimnermus of Colophon was a Greek elegiac poet, who flourished about 630–600 BC.
Quotes edit
- We are all clever enough at envying a famous man while he is yet alive, and at praising him when he is dead.
- Fragment 1.
- Whom the gods love, die young.
- Fragment 111
- Compare: Lord Byron, Don Juan, Canto 4, XII
