and adds that it is not well to wait until some one else shall say, in the words of this same philosopher—
When this man ought to set (δύνειν) he now begins
To follow pleasure (ἡδίνεσθαι).
Pindar also mentions Theoxenus of Tenedos, who was much beloved by him; and what does he say about him?—
And now (for seasonable is the time)
You ought, my soul, to pluck the flowers of love,
Which suit your age.
And he who, looking on the brilliant light that beams
From the sweet countenance of Theoxenus,
Is not subdued by love,