by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE)

Language: Greek (Ελληνικά) 
Our translations:  ENG
Λέγουσιν αἱ γυναῖκες·
«Ἀνάκρεον, γέρων εἶ,
λαβὼν ἔσοπτρον ἄθρει
κόμας μὲν οὐκ ἔτ᾽ οὔσας,
ψιλὸν δέ σευ μέτωπον.»
ἐγὼ δὲ τὰς κόμας μέν,
εἴτ᾽ εἰσὶν εἴτ᾽ ἀπῆλθον,
οὐκ οἶδα· τοῦτο δ᾽ οἶδα,
ὡς τῷ γέροντι μᾶλλον
πρέπει τὸ τερπνὰ παίζειν,
ὅσῳ πέλας τὰ Μοίρης.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE), "Εις εαυτον", appears in Odes, no. 11

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

  • ENG English (Lawrence Sisk) , "On himself", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (John Berkenhead, Sir)
  • FRE French (Français) (Ernest Falconnet) , "Sur lui-même", first published 1847


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 44