by Plato (428?7 BCE - 348?7 BCE)
Σιγάτω λάσιον Δρυάδων λέπας, οἴ τ' ἀπὸ...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Σιγάτω λάσιον Δρυάδων λέπας, οἴ τ' ἀπὸ πέτρας κρουνοί, καὶ βληχὴ πουλυμιγὴς τοκάδων, Αὐτὸς έπεὶ σύριγγι μελίσσεται εὐκελάδῳ Πὰν ὔγρὸν ἱεὶς ζευκτῶν χεῖλος ύπὲρ καλάμων, Αἰ δὲ πέριξ θαλεροΐσι χορὸν ποσὶν ἐστήσαντο Ύδριάδες Νύμφαι Νύμφαι Αμαδρυάδες.
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Confirmed with Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology edited with a revised text, introduction, translation, and notes by J. W. Mackail, fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1890, page 191.
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- by Plato (428?7 BCE - 348?7 BCE), no title [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) , "The Garden of Pan" ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir.
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