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

Kisses and the Stars

Name: Plato Date: 428 BCE – 348 BCE Region: Athens [modern Greece] Citation:  Florilegium Graeciae 3.28

My star watches the stars.

If only I were the heavens,

I could watch you with many eyes.

Kisses and the Stars

ἀστέρας εἰσάθρεῖς, ἀστήρ ἐμὸς. εἴθε γενοίμην οὐρανός ὥς πολλοῖς ὄμμασιν εἰς σε βλέπω.

Stella vides coeli stellas meus, o ego coelum si sim, quo te oculis pluribus aspiciam. Translated into Latin by Hugh Grotius

 

Plato [428 BCE – 348 BCE, modern Greece] 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.