τῆς πολιῆς τόδε σῆμα Μαρωνίδος, ἧς ἐπὶ τύμβῳ γλυπτὴν ἐκ πέτρης αὐτὸς ὁρᾷς κύλικα. ἡ δὲ φιλάκρητος καὶ ἀείλαλος οὐκ ἐπὶ τέκνοις μύρεται, οὐ τεκέων ἀκτεάνῳ πατέρι: ἓν δὲ τόδ᾽ αἰάζει καὶ ὑπ᾽ ἠρίον, ὅττι τὸ Βάκχου ἄρμενον οὐ Βάκχου πλῆρες ἔπεστι τάφῳ.
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Confirmed with The Greek Anthology. with an English Translation by W. R. Paton, London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1917, page 353.
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- by Antipater of Sidon (flourished 1st century BCE) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Robert Bland (1779 - 1825) , "Imitated", appears in Translations Chiefly from The Greek Anthology with Tales and Miscellaneous Poems, in From Antipater of Sidon, no. 9, first published 1806 ; composed by John Woods Duke.
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This rudely sculptur'd porter-pot Denotes where sleeps a female sot Who pass'd her life, good easy soul! In sweetly chirping o'er her bowl. Not for her friends or children dear She mourns -- but only for her beer. E'en in the very grave, they say, She thirsts for drink to wet her clay; And, faith, she thinks it very wrong This jug should stand unfill'd so long.
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Authorship:
- by Robert Bland (1779 - 1825), "Imitated", appears in Translations Chiefly from The Greek Anthology with Tales and Miscellaneous Poems, in From Antipater of Sidon, no. 9, first published 1806 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Antipater of Sidon (flourished 1st century BCE)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "Undying thirst", 1968 [baritone and piano], from Three Epitaphs from the Greek: Anthology for Baritone, no. 2, Recital Publ. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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