by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE)
δάκρυά σοι καὶ νέρθε διὰ χθονός,...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
δάκρυά σοι καὶ νέρθε διὰ χθονός, Ἡλιοδώρα, δωροῦμαι, στοργᾶς λείψανον, εἰς ἀίδαν, δάκρυα δυσδάκρυτα: πολυκλαύτῳ δ᾽ ἐπὶ τύμβῳ σπένδω μνᾶμα πόθων, μνᾶμα φιλοφροσύνας. οἰκτρὰ γὰρ οἰκτρὰ φίλαν σε καὶ ἐν φθιμένοις Μελέαγρος αἰάζω, κενεὰν εἰς Ἁχέροντα χάριν. αἰαῖ, ποῦ τὸ ποθεινὸν ἐμοὶ θάλος; ἅρπασεν Ἅιδας, ἅρπασεν ἀκμαῖον δ᾽ ἄνθος ἔφυρε κόνις. ἀλλά σε γουνοῦμαι, Γᾶ παντρόφε, τὰν πανόδυρτον ἠρέμα σοῖς κόλποις, μᾶτερ, ἐναγκάλισαι.
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- by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE), no title, Epigram 7.476 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Alma Strettell (1856 - 1939) , no title ; composed by Amy Elise Horrocks.
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