by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE)
Polioὶ mὲn ἡmὶn ἤdē
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Our translations: CHI
Polioὶ mὲn ἡmὶn ἤdē krotaphoi karē te leukon, chariessa d' oὐket' ἥbē para, gēraleoi d' ὀdontes, glykeroῦ d' oὐketi pollὸs biotu chronos leleiptai• diὰ taῦt' ἀnastalyzō thamὰ Tartaron dedoikōs• Ἀideō gar ἐsti deinὸs mychos, ἀrgalῆ d' ἐs aὐtὸn katodos• kaὶ gὰr ἑtoῖmon katabanti mὴ ἀnabῆnai.
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Text 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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