by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
Translation by Frederick Adam Wright (1869 - 1946)
Τιμάδος ἅδε κόνις
Language: Aeolic Greek
Τιμάδος ἅδε κόνις, τὰν δη πρὸ γάμοιο θανοῦσαν δέξατο Φερσεφόνας κυάνεος θάλαμος, ἇς καὶ ἀποφθιμένας πᾶσαι νεοθᾶγι σιδάρῳ ἅλικες ἱμερτὰν κρατὸς ἔθεντο κόμαν.
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Text Authorship:
- by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE) [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 Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869 - 1935) , "The dust of Timas", appears in Captain Craig, in Variations of Greek Themes, no. 6, first published 1902 ; composed by Frank Lewin.
- Also set in English, a translation by Frederick Adam Wright (1869 - 1946) ; composed by Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley, Sir.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Prosper Yraven [an adaptation] ; composed by Charles Gounod.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Henry Thornton Wharton)
- ENG English (Charles Isaac Elton, QC)
- ENG English (John Addington Symonds)
- FRE French (Français) (Ernest Falconnet) , "Épitaphe de la jeune Timas"
Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2011-06-29
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Word count: 23
Epitaph of Timas
Language: English after the Aeolic Greek
Behold the dust of Timas dead. She knew not wedlock's hour For ere that day her golden head Passed to the dark maid's bower. Yea, she has gone, and all her comrades fair Have shorn with flashing steel the radiance of their hair.
Text Authorship:
Based on:
- a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 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 Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley, Sir (1903 - 1989), "Epitaph of Timas", op. 38 no. 1 (1951) [ voice and piano ], from Three Greek Songs, no. 1, confirmed with a concert programme booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2025-01-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 43