by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE)
Polioὶ mὲn ἡmὶn ἤdī
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Our translations: CHI
Polioὶ mὲn ἡmὶn ἤdī krótafoi kárī te leykón, charíessa d' oὐkét' ἥvī pára, gīraléoi d' ὀdóntes, glykeroῦ d' oὐkéti pollὸs viótoy chrónos léleiptai• diὰ taῦt' ἀnastalýzō thamὰ Tártaron dedoikṓs• Ἀídeō gár ἐsti deinὸs mychós, ἀrgalῆ d' ἐs aὐtὸn kátodos• kaὶ gὰr ἑtoῖmon katavánti mὴ ἀnavῆnai.
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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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