by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE)
kīrýssō tὸn ἔrōta, tὸn ἄgrion ἄrti gὰr...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
kīrýssō tὸn ἔrōta, tὸn ἄgrion ἄrti gὰr ἄrti ὀrthrinὸs ἐk koítas ᾤchet᾽ ἀpoptámenos. ἔsti d᾽ ὁ paῖs glykýdakrys, ἀeílalos, ὠkýs, ἀthamvī́s, simὰ gelῶn, pteróeis nῶta, faretrofóros. patrὸs d᾽ oὐkét᾽ ἔchō frázein tínos: oὔte gὰr Aἰthī́r, oὐ Chthṓn fīsi tekeῖn tὸn thrasýn, oὐ Pélagos: pántῃ gὰr kaὶ pᾶsin ἀpéchthetai. ἀll᾽ ἐsorᾶte mī́ poy nῦn psychaῖs ἄlla títhīsi lína. kaítoi keῖnos, ἰdoý, perὶ fōleón. oὔ me lélīthas, toxóta, Zīnofílas ὄmmasi kryptómenos. ii. x. veexīing, `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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