Tί kartereῖte, phίloi kaὶ ἀdelphoί, tί dὲn kineῖsthe mὲ glῶssan, mὲ spathί? Ἰdoὺ kairόs mas ἔphthase, ἠmέra dόxēs ἔlampse. Loipὸn ὁrmᾶte, krάzontes tὸ ἐleleῦ, kaὶ sphάzontes. Doῦloi seῖs plέon mὴ katadέchesthe, mήte nὰ ἦsthe, mήte nὰ lέgesthe. Ἐleύthera phronήsate, gennaίōs polemήsate, kaὶ t᾽ ἅrmata ἁdrάxate, ἐchthroὺs tῆs patrίdos sparάxate. Ὁ Leōnίdas kaὶ Themistoklῆs, Ἐpaminώndas kaὶ mέgas Periklῆs dikoί mas ἦsan prόgonoi kaὶ toὺs Diὸs ἀpόgonoi. Loipὸn ὀmῶste, kaὶ spathiὰ gymnῶste, giὰ tὴn patrίda.
Confirmed with Η Λυρα του Ἀπολλωνος, Athens, 1850.
Note provided by Johann Winkler: The text above doesn't quite match Randhartinger's melody in stanza 2, line 6, so the following substitution from another version of the poem might be useful here: "ἐχθροὺς κατασπαράξατε". (The score does not explicitly include the second and third stanzas.)
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Text Authorship:
- by Rigas Feraios (1757 - 1798) [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 Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Παρακέλευσις πρὸς τοὺς Ἕλληνας", note: the score includes the first stanza and then adds that stanzas 1,2, & 3 are from the book (unfortunately without indicating which book) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Johann Winkler) , "Appeal to the Greeks", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2023-03-31
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Word count: 73