by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE)
Legusin aἱ gynaῖkes·
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Our translations: ENG
Legusin aἱ gynaῖkes· «Ἀnakreon, gerōn eἶ, labὼn ἔsoptron ἄthrei komas mὲn oὐk ἔt᾽ oὔsas, psilὸn de seu metōpon.» ἐgὼ dὲ tὰs komas men, eἴt᾽ eἰsὶn eἴt᾽ ἀpῆlthon, oὐk oἶda· toῦto d᾽ oἶda, ὡs tῷ geronti mᾶllon prepei tὸ terpnὰ paizein, ὅsῳ pelas tὰ Moirēs.
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Text Authorship:
- by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE), "Εις εαυτον", appears in Odes, no. 11 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Henry Lawes (c1595 - 1662), "Anacreons Ode concerning himselfe", published 1655 [ voice and continuo ], from The Second Book of Ayres, and Dialogues, no. 39, Confirmed with The Second Book of Ayres and Dialogues, for One, Two, and Three, by Henry Lawes, John Playford, London 1655, Page 39. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Εις εαυτον", 1815?, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Carl Loewe.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Stefan Stocker.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Lawrence Sisk) , "On himself", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (John Berkenhead, Sir)
- FRE French (Français) (Ernest Falconnet) , "Sur lui-même", first published 1847
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 44