Es schlafen der Berge Gipfel und Abgründe

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by Alcman (flourished 7^th century BCE)

Translation © by Holger Christian Teipel-Jahr

Εὕδουσι δ' ὀρέων κορυφαί τε καὶ φάραγγες

Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)

Available translation(s): GER

Εὕδουσι δ' ὀρέων κορυφαί τε καὶ φάραγγες
πρώονές τε καὶ χαράδραι
φῦλά τ' ἑρπέτ' ὅσα τρέφει μέλαινα γαῖα
θῆρές τ' ὀρεσκώιοι καὶ γένος μελισσᾶν
καὶ κνώδαλ' ἐν βένθεσσι πορφυρέας ἁλός·
εὕδουσι δ' οἰωνῶν φῦλα τανυπτερύγων.

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Note: Alcman used the Greek Dorian dialect of Sparta ("Laconian" dialect). This is often referred to as Alcman Fragment 89.

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by Alcman (flourished 7^th century BCE), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Guido Mazzoni (1859 - 1943) ; composed by Giorgio Federico Ghedini.

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GER German (Deutsch) (Holger Christian Teipel-Jahr) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Holger Christian Teipel-Jahr

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Es schlafen der Berge Gipfel und...

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Greek (Ελληνικά)

Es schlafen der Berge Gipfel und Abgründe,
Vorgebirge und Klüfte,
Arten der Landtiere, so viele die dunkle Erde nährt,
in den Bergen wohnende Tiere, das Volk der Bienen
und Ungetüme in den Tiefen des dunkelwogenden Meeres:
Es schlafen die Arten der breitgeflügelten Raubvögel.

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a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Alcman (flourished 7^th century BCE), no title

This text was added to the website: 2021-09-24
Line count: 6
Word count: 43