Adaios the Macedon
(? - ? BC) Macedonia
Poet
Also known as "Addeus of Macedon". We don't have data about this poet, besides the following verse:
If you see someone beautiful
hammer it out right then.
Say what you think; put your hands full
on his bollocks: be a man.
But if 'I admire you' is what you say
and 'I'll be a brother to you' -
shame will bar the only way
to all you want to do.
(translation by Alistair Elliot)
Published in:
Penguin Book Of Homosexual Verse
Columbia Anthology Of Gay Literature
Poems Of Love & Liberation
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