Antiphilus of Byzantium

Antiphilus of Byzantium (Ancient Greek: Ἀντίφιλος ὁ Βυζάντιος) was a writer of epigrams who lived about the time of the Roman emperor Nero (r. AD 54–68), as appears from one of his epigrams in which he mentions the favor conferred by that emperor upon the island of Rhodes.

Quotes

Greek text: W. R. Paton, The Greek Anthology, 5 vols. (1916–1918)

• Κλῶνες ἀπῃόριοι ταναῆς δρυός, εὔσκιον ὕψος
     ἀνδράσιν ἄκρητον καῦμα φυλασσομένοις,
  εὐπέταλοι, κεράμων στεγανώτεροι, οἰκία φαττῶν,
     οἰκία τεττίγων, ἔνδιοι ἀκρεμόνες,
  κἠμὲ τὸν ὑμετέραισιν ὑποκλινθέντα κόμαισιν
     ῥύσασθ', ἀκτίνων ἡελίου φυγάδα.
  • Aerial branches of tall oak, retreat
    Of loftiest shade for those who shun the heat,
    With foliage full, more close than tiling, where
    Dove and cicada dwell aloft in air,
    Me too, that thus my head beneath you lay,
    Protect, a fugitive from noon's fierce ray.
  • A.P. 9:71, as translated by Goldwin Smith in Anthologia Polyglotta (London: John Murray, 1849), p. 139