by Moschus (flourished 150 BCE)

Tὰn ἅla tὰn glaukὰn ὅtan ὥnemos ἀtrema...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά) 
Tὰn ἅla tὰn glaukὰn ὅtan ὥnemos ἀtrema ballῃ, 
tὰn phrena tὰn deilὰn ἐrethizomai, oὐd ἔti moi gᾶ 
ἐstὶ phila, pothiei dὲ polὺ pleon ἁ megala m ἅls. 
ἀll ὅtan ἀchēsῃ poliὸs bythos, ἁ dὲ thalassa 
5kyrtὸn ἐpaphrizῃ, tὰ dὲ kymata makrὰ memēnῃ, 
ἐs chthona paptainō kaὶ dendrea, tὰn d ἅla pheygō, 
gᾶ de moi ἀspasta, chἀ daskios eὔaden ὕla, 
ἔntha kaὶ ἢn pneysῃ polὺs ὥnemos, ἁ pitys ᾄdei. 
ἦ kakὸn ὁ gripeὺs zōei bion, ᾧ domos ἁ naῦs, 
10kaὶ ponos ἐstὶ thalassa, kaὶ ἰchthyes ἁ planos ἄgra. 
aὐtὰr ἐmoὶ glykὺs ὕpnos ὑpὸ platanῳ bathyphyllῳ, 
kaὶ pagᾶs phileoimi tὸn ἐngythen ἆchon ἀkoyein, 
ἃ terpei psopheoisa tὸn ἀgrikon, oὐchὶ tarassei.

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Confirmed with Moschus. The Greek Bucolic Poets., ed. by J. M. (John Maxwell) Edmonds. William Heinemann; G. P. Putnam's Sons. London; New York, 1919, poem 4.


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  • Also set in Italian (Italiano), adapted by Guido Mazzoni (1859 - 1943) , "Di Mosco" ; composed by Giorgio Federico Ghedini.

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