by Nicarchus (flourished 1st century)
εἰς δρομέας
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
πέντε μετ᾽ ἄλλων Χάρμος ἐν Ἀρκαδίᾳ δολιχεύων, θαῦμα μέν, ἀλλ᾽ ὄντως ἕβδομος ἐξέπεσεν. ‘ἓξ ὄντων’, τάχ᾽ ἐρεῖς, ‘πῶς ἕβδομος ;’ εἷς φίλος αὐτοῦ, ‘ θάρσει, Χάρμε,’ λέγων, ἦλθεν ἐν ἱματίῳ. ἕβδομος οὖν οὕτω παραγίνεται: εἰ δ᾽ ἔτι πέντε εἶχε φίλους, ἦλθ᾽ ἄν, Ζωίλε, δωδέκατος.
Confirmed with The Greek Anthology. with an English Translation by W. R. Paton, London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1926, book 11, poem 82.
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- by Nicarchus (flourished 1st century), "εἰς δρομέας" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869 - 1935) , "A mighty runner", appears in Captain Craig, in Variations of Greek Themes, no. 2, first published 1902 ; composed by Frank Lewin.
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