by Callimachus (flourished 3rd century BCE)
Εἰπέ τις, Ἡράκλειτε, τεὸν μόρον ἐς δέ με...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Εἰπέ τις, Ἡράκλειτε, τεὸν μόρον ἐς δέ με δάκρυ
ἤγαγεν ἐμνήσθην δ᾿ ὁσσάκις ἀμφότεροι
ἠέλιον λέσχῃ κατεδύσαμεν. Ἀλλὰ σὺ μέν που,
ξεῖν᾿ Ἁλικαρνησεῦ, τετράπαλαι σποδιή,
αἱ δὲ τεαὶ ζώουσιν ἀηδόνες, ᾗσιν ὁ πάντων
ἁρπακτὴς Ἀίδης οὐκ ἐπὶ χεῖρα βαλεῖ.
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- by Callimachus (flourished 3rd century BCE) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by William Johnson Cory (1823 - 1892) , "Heraclitus" ; composed by Bernard van Dieren, Ivor Gurney, Jean Eichelberger Ivey, John Jeffreys, John Theodore Livingston Raynor, Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir, Peter Warlock.
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