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by Callimachus (flourished 3rd century BCE)

Eἰpé tis, Ἡrákleite, teὸn móron ἐs dé me...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά) 
Eἰpé tis, Ἡrákleite, teὸn móron ἐs dé me dákry
    ἤgagen ἐmnī́sthīn d᾿ ὁssákis ἀmfóteroi
ἠélion léschῃ katedýsamen. Ἀllὰ sὺ mén poy,
    xeῖn᾿ Ἁlikarnīseῦ, tetrápalai spodiī́,
aἱ dὲ teaὶ zṓoysin ἀīdónes, ᾗsin ὁ pántōn
    ἁrpaktὴs Ἀídīs oὐk ἐpὶ cheῖra valeῖ.

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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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This text was added to the website: 2021-02-19
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