by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE)
οὔ σοι ταῦτ᾽ ἐβόων, ψυχή
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
οὔ σοι ταῦτ᾽ ἐβόων, ψυχή; ναὶ Κύπριν, ἁλώσει, ὦ δύσερως, ἰξῷ πυκνὰ προσιπταμένη: οὐκ ἐβόων; εἷλέν σε πάγη. τί μάτην ἐνὶ δεσμοῖς σπαίρεις; αὐτὸς Ἔρως τὰ πτερά σου δέδεκεν, καὶ ς1᾽ ἐπὶ πῦρ ἔστησε, μύροις δ᾽ ἔρρανε λιπόπνουν, δῶκε δὲ διψώσῃ δάκρυα θερμὰ πιεῖν
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- by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE), no title, Epigram 12.132 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by John (or Jack) William Mackail (1859 - 1945) , "Love's prisoner" ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir.
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