by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE)
ὦ Nyx, ὦ philagrypnos ἐmoὶ pothos...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
ὦ Nyx, ὦ philagrypnos ἐmoὶ pothos Ἡliodōras, kaὶ † skoliῶn ὄrthrōn knismata dakrycharῆ, ἆra menei storgῆs ἐmὰ leipsana, kaὶ tὸ philēma mnēmosynon psychrᾷ thalpet᾽ ἐn eἰkasiᾳ? ἆra g᾽ ἔchei synkoita tὰ dakrya, kἀmὸn ὄneiron psychapatēn sternois ἀmphibaloῦsa phileῖ? ἢ neos ἄllos ἔrōs, nea paignia? mēpote, lychne, taῦt᾽ ἐsidῃs, eἴēs d᾽ ἧs paredōka phylax.
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Confirmed with The Greek Anthology. With an English Translation by. W. R. Paton, London, William Heinemann, Ltd., 1916, No. 166.
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- by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE) [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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