by Simonides of Ceos (556 BCE - 467 BCE)
Translation by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968)
Per i morti delle Termopili Matches base text
Language: Italian (Italiano) after the Greek (Ελληνικά)
Di quelli che caddero alle Termopili famosa è la ventura, bella la sorte e la tomba un'ara. Ad essi memoria e non lamenti; ed elogio il compianto. Non il muschio, né il tempo che devasta ogni cosa, potrà su questa morte. Coi prodi, nella stessa pietra, abita ora la gloria della Grecia.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Chiara Benati (b. 1956), "Per i morti delle Termopili", 1999 [ soprano and piano ], from Liriche antiche, no. 6
Text Authorship:
- by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968)
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Simonides of Ceos (556 BCE - 467 BCE) [text unavailable]
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