by Alcman (flourished 7th century BCE)
Εὕδουσι δ' ὀρέων κορυφαί τε καὶ φάραγγες
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Our translations: GER
Εὕδουσι δ' ὀρέων κορυφαί τε καὶ φάραγγες πρώονές τε καὶ χαράδραι φῦλά τ' ἑρπέτ' ὅσα τρέφει μέλαινα γαῖα θῆρές τ' ὀρεσκώιοι καὶ γένος μελισσᾶν καὶ κνώδαλ' ἐν βένθεσσι πορφυρέας ἁλός· εὕδουσι δ' οἰωνῶν φῦλα τανυπτερύγων.
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Note: Alcman used the Greek Dorian dialect of Sparta ("Laconian" dialect). This is often referred to as Alcman Fragment 89.
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- by Alcman (flourished 7th century BCE), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Guido Mazzoni (1859 - 1943) ; composed by Giorgio Federico Ghedini.
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- GER German (Deutsch) (Holger Christian Teipel-Jahr) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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