ἤπου σὲ χθονίας, Ἀρετημιάς, ἐξ ἀκάτοιο

ἤπου σὲ χθονίας, Ἀρετημιάς, ἐξ ἀκάτοιο 
Κωκυτοῦ θεμέναν ἴχνος ἐπ᾽ ἀιόνι, 
οἰχόμενον βρέφος ἄρτι νέῳ φορέουσαν ἀγοστῷ 
ᾤκτειραν θαλεραὶ Δωρίδες εἰν ἀίδᾳ, 
πευθόμεναι τέο κῆρα σὺ δὲ ῥαίνουσα παρειὰς 
δάκρυσιν, ἄγγειλας κεῖν᾽ ἀνιαρὸν ἔπος: 
διπλόον ὠδίνασα, φίλαι, τέκος, ἄλλο μὲν ἀνδρὶ 
εὔφρονι καλλιπόμαν, ἄλλο δ᾽ ἄγω φθιμένοις.

Translation(s): ENG

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Confirmed with The Greek Anthology. with an English Translation by. W. R. Paton, London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1917, page 252.

Show a transliteration: DIN | ISO 843

Authorship

• by Antipater of Sidon (fl 1^st century BCE), first published 1902 [ author's text checked 1 time]

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• ENG English (Edwin Arlington Robinson) , "Aretemias", appears in Captain Craig, in Variations of Greek Themes, no. 7, first published 1902

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