Painter and poet, runner and discus-thrower, <br />beautiful as Endymion: Ianthis, son of Antony. <br />From a family on friendly terms with the Synagogue. <br /> <br />"My most valuable days are those <br />when I give up the pursuit of sensuous beauty, <br />when I desert the elegant and severe cult of Hellenism, <br />with its over-riding devotion <br />to perfectly shaped, corruptible white limbs, <br />and become the man I would want to remain forever: <br />son of the Jews, the holy Jews." <br /> <br />A most fervent declaration on his part: "...to remain forever <br />a son of the Jews, the holy Jews." <br /> <br />But he did not remain anything of the kind. <br />The Hedonism and Art of Alexandria <br />kept him as their dedicated son.<br /><br />Constantine P. Cavafy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/of-the-jews-50-a-d/
