"Here sleeps Saon, of Acanthus, son of Dicon, a holy sleep: say not that the good die."

“His blend of sensitivity and detachment, elegance, wit, and learning, had a profound influence on later Roman poets, especially Catullus, Ovid, and Propertius , and through them on the whole European literary tradition.”

“Selected Poems by Callimachus”

“Dickinson College Commentaries: Aetia”

“Nothing unattested do I sing.”

“O Charidas, what of the under world? Great darkness. And what of the resurrection? A lie. And Pluto? A fable; we perish utterly.”

“The most outstanding intellect of this generation, the greatest poet that the Hellenistic age produced, and historically one of the most important figures in the development of Graeco-Roman literature.”