Anthologia Palatina 5.6 (Callimachus)

Ὤμοσε Καλλίγνωτος Ἰωνίδι μήποτ’ ἐκείνης
ἕξειν μήτε κρέσσονα μήτε φίλην.
ὤμοσεν· ἀλλὰ λέγουσιν ἀληθέα τοὺς ἐν ἔρωτι
ὅρκους μὴ δύνειν οὔατ’ ἐς ἀθανάτων.
νῦν δ’ ὁ μὲν ἀρσενικῶι θέρεται πυρί, τῆς δὲ ταλαίνης
νύμφης, ὡς Μεγαρέων, οὐ λόγος οὐδ’ ἀριθμός.



elegaic couplets

“Callignotus swore to Ionis that he’d never hold
anyone dearer than her, boy or girl.
He did swear, but what they say is true: oaths in love
don’t reach the ears of the gods.
So now he’s got a male flame, while the poor girl,
like the Megarians, is totally out of the running.”