by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE)
kēryssō tὸn ἔrōta, tὸn ἄgrion ἄrti gὰr...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
kēryssō tὸn ἔrōta, tὸn ἄgrion ἄrti gὰr ἄrti ὀrthrinὸs ἐk koitas ᾤchet᾽ ἀpoptamenos. ἔsti d᾽ ὁ paῖs glykydakrys, ἀeilalos, ὠkys, ἀthambēs, simὰ gelῶn, pteroeis nῶta, pharetrophoros. patrὸs d᾽ oὐket᾽ ἔchō phrazein tinos: oὔte gὰr Aἰthēr, oὐ Chthōn phēsi tekeῖn tὸn thrasyn, oὐ Pelagos: pantῃ gὰr kaὶ pᾶsin ἀpechthetai. ἀll᾽ ἐsorᾶte mē pu nῦn psychaῖs ἄlla tithēsi lina. kaitoi keῖnos, ἰdoy, perὶ phōleon. oὔ me lelēthas, toxota, Zēnophilas ὄmmasi kryptomenos. ii. x. beexēing, `n a garden, p. ios.
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- by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE), no title, Epigram 5.177 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by William Money Hardinge (1854 - 1916) , no title ; composed by Amy Elise Horrocks.
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