by Arion (flourished in the 7th and 6th centuries BCE)
Ýpsiste theῶn
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Ýpsiste theῶn póntie chrysotríaina, Póseidon, gaiáoch', ég kýmon' án' ἃlman vragchíois perὶ dὲ sὲ plōtoí thῆres choreýoysi kýklῳ, koýfoisi podῶn ῥímmasin ἐláfr' ἀnapallómenoi, simoí, frixaýchenes, ὠkýdromoi skýlakes, filómoysoi delfῖnes, ἒnala thrémmata koyrᾶn Nīreḯdōn theᾶn, ἃs ἐgeínat' Ἀmfitríta oἴ m' eἰs Pélopos gᾶn ἐpὶ Tainarían ἀktán ἐporeýsate plazómenon Sikelῷ ἐnὶ póntῳ, kyrtoῐsi nṓtois ὀchéontes, ἄloka Nīreἶas plakós témnontes, ἀstivῆ póron, fῶtes dólioi ὣs m' ἀf' ἁliplóoy glafyrᾶs neṓs eἰs oἶdma porfyroῦn límnas 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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