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Non fu già men forte Alcide
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Non fu già men forte Alcide  
benché in sen d'Onfale bella
spesso l'armi egli posò!

Né men fiero il gran Pelide
sotto spoglie di donzella
d'Asia i regni minacciò!

Composition:

    Set to music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Non fu già men forte Alcide", HWV 31 (1733), first performed 1733

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Hercules was not any less strong", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2018-07-20
Line count: 6
Word count: 29