by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE)
Πολιοὶ μὲν ἡμὶν ἤδη
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Our translations: CHI
Πολιοὶ μὲν ἡμὶν ἤδη κρόταφοι κάρη τε λευκόν, χαρίεσσα δ' οὐκέτ' ἥβη πάρα, γηραλέοι δ' ὀδόντες, γλυκεροῦ δ' οὐκέτι πολλὸς βιότου χρόνος λέλειπται• διὰ ταῦτ' ἀνασταλύζω θαμὰ Τάρταρον δεδοικώς• Ἀίδεω γάρ ἐστι δεινὸς μυχός, ἀργαλῆ δ' ἐς αὐτὸν κάτοδος• καὶ γὰρ ἑτοῖμον καταβάντι μὴ ἀναβῆναι.
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE), no title, appears in Odes, no. 56 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837) , "Ода LVI", written 1835 ; composed by Georgiy Vasil'yevich Sviridov.
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- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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