Posted: Jul 22, 2008, 4:03 PM CST
That is what a 3rd Century Bard had to say:
Love, my children, is a god, young and beautiful and winged.
That's why he delights in youth and pursues beauty
and gives wings to the soul.
And he can do greater things than Zeus himself.
He has power over the elements, he has power over the stars,
...
The flowers are all Love's handiwork.
These trees are his creation.
He is the reason why rivers run and winds blow.
...
There is no medicine for Love, nothing you can drink
and nothing you can eat and no magic spell that you can say.
The only remedies are kissing and embracing and lying down together...
Longus (3rd century AD)
Daphnis and Chloe
