by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE)
dákryá soi kaὶ nérthe diὰ chthonós,...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
dákryá soi kaὶ nérthe diὰ chthonós, Ἡliodṓra, dōroῦmai, storgᾶs leípsanon, eἰs ἀídan, dákrya dysdákryta: polyklaýtῳ d᾽ ἐpὶ týmvῳ spéndō mnᾶma póthōn, mnᾶma filofrosýnas. oἰktrὰ gὰr oἰktrὰ fílan se kaὶ ἐn fthiménois Meléagros aἰázō, keneὰn eἰs Ἁchéronta chárin. aἰaῖ, poῦ tὸ potheinὸn ἐmoὶ thálos? ἅrpasen Ἅιdas, ἅrpasen ἀkmaῖon d᾽ ἄnthos ἔfyre kónis. ἀllá se goynoῦmai, Gᾶ pantrófe, tὰn panódyrton ἠréma soῖs kólpois, mᾶter, ἐnagkálisai.
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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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