by Antipater of Sidon (flourished 1st century BCE)
οὐκέτι θελγομένας, Ὀρφεῦ, δρύας, οὐκέτι...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
οὐκέτι θελγομένας, Ὀρφεῦ, δρύας, οὐκέτι πέτρας ἄξεις, οὐ θηρῶν αὐτονόμους ἀγέλας: οὐκέτι κοιμάσεις ἀνέμων βρόμον, οὐχὶ χάλαζαν, οὐ νιφετῶν συρμούς, οὐ παταγεῦσαν ἅλα. ὤλεο γάρ: σὲ δὲ πολλὰ κατωδύραντο θύγατρες Μναμοσύνας, μάτηρ δ᾽ ἔξοχα Καλλιόπα. τί φθιμένοις στοναχεῦμεν ἐφ᾽ υἱάσιν, ἁνίκ᾽ ἀλαλκεῖν τῶν παίδων Ἀΐδην οὐδὲ θεοῖς δύναμις ;
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