by Arion (flourished in the 7th and 6th centuries BCE)
Ypsiste theῶn
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Ypsiste theῶn pontie chrysotriaina, Poseidon, gaiaoch', eg kymon' an' ἃlman branchiois perὶ dὲ sὲ plōtoi thῆres choreyusi kyklῳ, koyphoisi podῶn ῥimmasin ἐlaphr' ἀnapallomenoi, simoi, phrixaychenes, ὠkydromoi skylakes, philomusoi delphῖnes, ἒnala thremmata kurᾶn Nēreidōn theᾶn, ἃs ἐgeinat' Ἀmphitrita oἴ m' eἰs Pelopos gᾶn ἐpὶ Tainarian ἀktan ἐporeysate plazomenon Sikelῷ ἐnὶ pontῳ, kyrtoῐsi nōtois ὀcheontes, ἄloka Nēreἶas plakos temnontes, ἀstibῆ poron, phῶtes dolioi ὣs m' ἀph' ἁliplou glaphyrᾶs neōs eἰs oἶdma porphyroῦn limnas ἒripsan.
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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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