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Spartan Surfers

43 BC–17 AD

Ovid

Poet of the Metamorphoses and the Art of Love, exiled by Augustus to the Black Sea. He wrote about change because he lived through plenty of it.

4 sourced lines

Every line we carry

Each one links to its source, what it means, and the shirt in any of our looks.

  1. Time devours all things.

    Ovid's Pythagoras watches a strongman weep at his wasted arms in old age. Time eats everything, beauty and strength included. Use what you have while you have it.

    Metamorphoses 15.234, our translation from the Latin

  2. Endure and hold firm. This pain will serve you someday.

    Ovid wrote this to himself as he broke free of a bad love. Bitter medicine often helps the tired body. What hurts now can turn into strength later.

    Amores 3.11.7, our translation from the Latin

  3. Luck is everywhere. Always keep your hook in the water.

    Ovid goes on: there will be a fish in the pool you least expect. Chance favors the one who is ready. Keep your line in and your eyes open.

    Art of Love 3.425, our translation from the Latin

  4. I see the better path and approve it. I follow the worse.

    Medea admits she knows what is right and is pulled the other way by desire. Knowing is not the same as doing. Build habits that carry you when willpower slips.

    Metamorphoses 7.20-21, our translation from the Latin