M/M: You are my Shining Star: an Epigram Attributed to Plato

 

Stella vides coeli stellas meus, o ego coelum

si sim, quo te oculis pluribus aspiciam.

Αστέρας εισάθρει αστήρ έμός. είθε γενοίμην

ουρανός ώς πολλοίς όμμασιν εις σε βλέπω.

--Attributed to Plato [or Plato the Younger] , Florilegium Graeciae III.28; Translated by Hugh Grotius (1797)

My star watches the stars.

If only I were the heaven,

I could watch you with many eyes.

PLATO	MAP:
Name:  Plato Date:  428 BCE – 348 BCE Works:  Apology of Socrates                The Republic                Symposium*, etc.	REGION  5
BIO:	Timeline:
Plato was an Athenian philosopher who is considered one of the most influential minds of Greek thought. Using his predecessor Socrates as his mouthpiece, he composed a number of philosophical dialogues that explored various ethical, philosophical, and moral concepts. He was the founder of the Athenian Academy, and was the mentor of the famous philosopher Aristotle.	GOLDEN AGE GREECE