by Arion (flourished in the 7th and 6th centuries BCE)
Ύψιστε θεῶν
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Ύψιστε θεῶν πόντιε χρυσοτρίαινα, Πόσειδον, γαιάοχ', έγ κύμον' άν' ἃλμαν βραγχίοις περὶ δὲ σὲ πλωτοί θῆρες χορεύουσι κύκλῳ, κούφοισι ποδῶν ῥίμμασιν ἐλάφρ' ἀναπαλλόμενοι, σιμοί, φριξαύχενες, ὠκύδρομοι σκύλακες, φιλόμουσοι δελφῖνες, ἒναλα θρέμματα κουρᾶν Νηρεΐδων θεᾶν, ἃς ἐγείνατ' Ἀμφιτρίτα οἴ μ' εἰς Πέλοπος γᾶν ἐπὶ Tαιναρίαν ἀκτάν ἐπορεύσατε πλαζόμενον Σικελῷ ἐνὶ πόντῳ, κυρτοῐσι νώτοις ὀχέοντες, ἄλοκα Νηρεἶας πλακός τέμνοντες, ἀστιβῆ πόρον, φῶτες δόλιοι ὣς μ' ἀφ' ἁλιπλόου γλαφυρᾶς νεώς εἰς οἶδμα πορφυροῦν λίμνας ἒριψαν.
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Confirmed with Greek Lyric Poets. Selected and Translated by Francis Brooks, M. A., London, David Nutt, 1896, page 34
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- by Arion (flourished in the 7th and 6th centuries BCE) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Francis Brooks (1861 - 1936) , no title, appears in Greek Lyric Poets ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir.
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