by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE)
Ptaiēs moi, kōnōps, tachὺs ἄngelos, oὔasi...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Ptaiēs moi, kōnōps, tachὺs ἄngelos, oὔasi d᾽ ἄkrois Zēnophilas psaysas prospsithyrize tade: ἄgrypnos mimnei se: sὺ d᾽, ὦ lētharge philoyntōn, eὕdeis. eἶa, peteu? nai, philomuse, peteu: ἥsycha dὲ phthenxai, mὴ kaὶ synkoiton ἐgeiras kinēsῃs ἐp᾽ ἐmoὶ zēlotypus ὀdynas, ἢn d᾽ ἀgagῃs tὴn paῖda, dorᾷ stepsō se leontos, kōnōps, kaὶ dōsō cheirὶ pherein ῥopalon.
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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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