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The Tomb of Lanes Marcus, the Lanes whom you loved is not herein this tomb where you visit and weep for hours.The Lanes whom you loved is nearer, Marcus,when you close yourself in your room and gaze on his portrait;that image preserved all that was worthy in him;that image preserved all that you loved. Do you remember, Marcus, when you broughtfrom the proconsul’s palace the famous painter from Cyrene,and as soon as he laid eyes on your friend,he tried to persuade you with his artist’s cunningthat he should draw him, without question, as Hyacinth(that way the portrait would garner more fame)? But your Lanes didn’t put his beauty on loan like that;firmly opposing the man, he demanded to be portrayednot as Hyacinth, nor as anyone else,but as Lanes, son of Rhametichus, an Alexandrian. ― Constantinos P. Cavafis, Selected Poems

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