by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE)
oὔ soi taῦt᾽ ἐboōn, psychē
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
oὔ soi taῦt᾽ ἐboōn, psychē? naὶ Kyprin, ἁlōsei, ὦ dyserōs, ἰxῷ pyknὰ prosiptamenē: oὐk ἐboōn? eἷlen se pagē. ti matēn ἐnὶ desmoῖs spaireis? aὐtὸs Ἔrōs tὰ ptera su dedeken, kaὶ ς1᾽ ἐpὶ pῦr ἔstēse, myrois d᾽ ἔrrane lipopnun, dῶke dὲ dipsōsῃ dakrya thermὰ pieῖn
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Text Authorship:
- 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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