by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE)
Εὔφορτοι νᾶες πελαγίτιδες, αἳ πόρον...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Εὔφορτοι νᾶες πελαγίτιδες, αἳ πόρον Ἕλλης πλεῖτε, καλὸν κόλποις δεξάμεναι Βορέην, ἤν που ἐπ᾽ ἠιόνων Κῴαν κατὰ νᾶσον ἴδητε Φανίον εἰς χαροπὸν δερκομεναν πέλαγος, τοῦτ᾽ ἔπος ἀγγείλαιτε, καλαὶ νέες, ὥς με κομίζει ἵμερος οὐ ναύταν, ποσσὶ δὲ πεζοπόρον. εἰ γὰρ τοῦτ᾽ εἴποιτ᾽, εὐάγγελοι, αὐτίκα καὶ Ζεὺς οὔριος ὑμετέρας πνεύσεται εἰς ὀθόνας.
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- by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE), Epigram 12.53 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Andrew Lang (1844 - 1912) , "To the ships" ; composed by Amy Elise Horrocks.
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- ENG English (William Roger Paton) , no title
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