Σιγάτω λάσιον Δρυάδων λέπας, οἴ τ' ἀπὸ πέτρας κρουνοί, καὶ βληχὴ πουλυμιγὴς τοκάδων, Αὐτὸς έπεὶ σύριγγι μελίσσεται εὐκελάδῳ Πὰν ὔγρὸν ἱεὶς ζευκτῶν χεῖλος ύπὲρ καλάμων, Αἰ δὲ πέριξ θαλεροΐσι χορὸν ποσὶν ἐστήσαντο Ύδριάδες Νύμφαι Νύμφαι Αμαδρυάδες.
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Confirmed with Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology edited with a revised text, introduction, translation, and notes by J. W. Mackail, fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1890, page 191.
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Plato (428?7 BCE - 348?7 BCE), no title [author's text checked 1 time 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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by John (or Jack) William Mackail (1859 - 1945) , "The Garden of Pan" ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
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Word count: 36
Let the shaggy cliff of the Dryads be silent, and the springs welling from the rock, and the many-mingled bleating of the ewes; for Pan himself makes music on his melodious pipe, running his supple lip over the joined reeds; and around him stand up to dance with glad feet the water nymphs and the nymphs of the oak wood.
Confirmed with Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology edited with a revised text, introduction, translation, and notes by J. W. Mackail, fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1890, page 191. Note: this is a prose translation. We have added line-breaks to make it line up with the original.
Text Authorship:
- by John (or Jack) William Mackail (1859 - 1945), "The Garden of Pan" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Plato (428?7 BCE - 348?7 BCE), no title
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946), "The Garden of Pan", published 1923 [ voice and flute ], from Three Songs from the Greek Anthology, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2021-04-21
Line count: 6
Word count: 60