Posidippus

If Pythias has another I am off. But if she sleeps alone,
let her by Zeus invite me in for a while.
Give her a sign, that drunk and through thieves
I have come with daring Love as my guide.

* * *

Do not think you are deceiving me with persuasive tears, Philaenis.
I know: you love absolutely no one more than me -
as long as you are lying beside me. But if another man
were holding you, you would say you loved him more than me.

* * *

...and on a wager I once ate a Maeonian ox.
For Thasos, my country, could not have provided a meal
for Theagenes. Much as I had eaten, I always asked for more. For this reason
I stand in bronze, stretching out my hand.