by Asclepiades of Samos (b. c320 BCE)
aὐtoῦ moi stéfanoi parὰ diklísi taῖsde...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
aὐtoῦ moi stéfanoi parὰ diklísi taῖsde kremastoὶ mímnete, mὴ propetῶs fýlla tinassómenoi, oὓs dakrýois katévrexa: kátomvra gὰr ὄmmat᾽ ἐrṓntōn ἀll᾽, ὅtan oἰgoménīs aὐtὸn ἴdīte thýrīs, stáxath᾽ ὑpὲr kefalῆs ἐmὸn ὑetón, ὡs ἂn % ἄmeinon ἡ xanthī́ ge kómī tἀmὰ píῃ dákrya.
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Confirmed with The Greek Anthology. With an English Translation by. W. R. Paton, London, William Heinemann, Ltd., 1916. 1. 5.145.
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- by Asclepiades of Samos (b. c320 BCE), no title [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.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Emil von Ermatinger (1873 - 1953) , "Bitte" ; composed by Hermann Suter.
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