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by Theocritus (c310 BCE - c250 BCE)
Translation by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894)

Le kérioklépte
NOTE: the footnotes have been removed from this text; return to general view
Language: French (Français)  after the Greek (Ελληνικά) 
Our translations:  ENG
Une méchante abeille piqua une fois Eros
qui volait le rayon de miel d'une ruche;
et elle le piqua au bout des doigts.
Eros souffrit, et il souffla sur ses doigts, 
frappa du pied, sauta, et montrant à Aphrodita sa blessure,
se plaignit que l'abeille, une si petite bête, 
fit de telles blessures. Et la mère rit:
"N'est-tu pas semblable aux abeilles? Tu es petit,
mais quelles profondes blessures ne fais-tu pas?"

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Text Authorship:

  • by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "Le kérioklépte", appears in Idylles de Théocrite et Odes anacréontiques, first published 1861 [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Theocritus (c310 BCE - c250 BCE), "Κηριολεπτησ"
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