by Antipater of Sidon (flourished 1st century BCE)
ἤπου σὲ χθονίας, Ἀρετημιάς, ἐξ ἀκάτοιο
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
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.
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Confirmed with The Greek Anthology. with an English Translation by. W. R. Paton, London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1917, page 252.
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- by Antipater of Sidon (flourished 1st century BCE), first published 1902 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Edwin Arlington Robinson) , "Aretemias", appears in Captain Craig, in Variations of Greek Themes, no. 7, first published 1902
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