by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE)
dakrya soi kaὶ nerthe diὰ chthonos,...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
dakrya soi kaὶ nerthe diὰ chthonos, Ἡliodōra, dōroῦmai, storgᾶs leipsanon, eἰs ἀidan, dakrya dysdakryta: polyklaytῳ d᾽ ἐpὶ tymbῳ spendō mnᾶma pothōn, mnᾶma philophrosynas. oἰktrὰ gὰr oἰktrὰ philan se kaὶ ἐn phthimenois Meleagros aἰazō, keneὰn eἰs Ἁcheronta charin. aἰaῖ, poῦ tὸ potheinὸn ἐmoὶ thalos? ἅrpasen Ἅιdas, ἅrpasen ἀkmaῖon d᾽ ἄnthos ἔphyre konis. ἀlla se gunoῦmai, Gᾶ pantrophe, tὰn panodyrton ἠrema soῖs kolpois, mᾶter, ἐnankalisai.
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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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