Non fu già men forte Alcide

Non fu già men forte Alcide  
benché in sen d'Onfale bella
spesso l'armi egli posò!

Né men fiero il gran Pelide
sotto spoglie di donzella
d'Asia i regni minacciò!

Translation(s): ENG

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Submitted by Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

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• by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Non fu già men forte Alcide", HWV 31 (1733), first performed 1733. [ sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Hercules was not any less strong", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Hercules was not any less strong

Hercules was not any less strong
for having often left his weapons
upon the breast of beauteous Omphale!

Nor was the great Achilles any less proud
for having menaced the kingdoms of Asia
beneath the garments of a woman!

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• a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Georg Friedrich Händel. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2018-07-20.
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