Hercules was not any less strong | Hercules was not any less strong

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Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Non fu già men forte Alcide

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

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!

Text Authorship:

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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This text was added to the website: 2018-07-20
Line count: 6
Word count: 29

Hercules was not any less strong

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

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
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This text was added to the website: 2018-07-20
Line count: 6
Word count: 39