Ἡ Ταντάλου ποτ᾽ ἔστη
λίθος Φρυγῶν ἐν ὄχθαις,
καὶ παῖς ποτ᾽ ὄρνις ἔπτη
Πανδίονος χελιδών.

ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἔσοπτρον εἴην,
ὅπως ἀεὶ βλέπηις με·
ἐγὼ χιτὼν γενοίμην,
ὅπως ἀεὶ φορῆις με.

ὕδωρ θέλω γενέσθαι,
ὅπως σε χρῶτα λούσω·
μύρον, γύναι, γενοίμην,
ὅπως ἐγώ σ᾽ ἀλείψω1.

καὶ ταινίη δὲ μασθῶι
καὶ μάργαρον τραχήλωι
καὶ σάνδαλον γενοίμην·
μόνον ποσὶν πάτει με.

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¹ Note provided by Athanasios Papaisiou: "αλείψω" in Editions ALTENBURG, by Gottlob Eman. Richter, 1787 ; "αλείφω" in Editions Simpkin & Marshall, by T.W.C.Edwards, 1830.

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Text Authorship:

• by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE), "Εἰς κόρην", appears in Odes, no. 20 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894) ; composed by Albert Roussel.
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• GER German (Deutsch) (Johann Friedrich Degen) , "An ein Mädchen", appears in Anakreons Lieder, nebst andern lyrischen Gedichten, in Anakreons Lieder, no. 20

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