by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE)
Πταίης μοι, κώνωψ, ταχὺς ἄγγελος, οὔασι...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Πταίης μοι, κώνωψ, ταχὺς ἄγγελος, οὔασι δ᾽ ἄκροις Ζηνοφίλας ψαύσας προσψιθύριζε τάδε: ἄγρυπνος μίμνει σε: σὺ δ᾽, ὦ λήθαργε φιλούντων, εὕδεις. εἶα, πέτευ; ναί, φιλόμουσε, πέτευ: ἥσυχα δὲ φθέγξαι, μὴ καὶ σύγκοιτον ἐγείρας κινήσῃς ἐπ᾽ ἐμοὶ ζηλοτύπους ὀδύνας, ἢν δ᾽ ἀγάγῃς τὴν παῖδα, δορᾷ στέψω σε λέοντος, κώνωψ, καὶ δώσω χειρὶ φέρειν ῥόπαλον.
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- by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE), no title, Epigram 5.152 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Dudley Fitts (1903 - 1968) ; composed by Geoffrey Bush.
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