by Gaius Lucilius (c180 BCE - 103 BCE)
Translation by Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869 - 1935)
τέθνηκ᾽ Εὐτυχίδης ὁ μελογράφος. οἱ κατὰ...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
τέθνηκ᾽ Εὐτυχίδης ὁ μελογράφος. οἱ κατὰ γαῖαν φεύγετ᾽ ἔχων ᾠδὰς ἔρχεται Εὐτυχίδης: καὶ κιθάρας αὑτῷ διετάξατο συγκατακαῦσαι δώδεκα, καὶ κίστας εἰκοσιπέντε νόμων. νῦν ὑμῖν ὁ Χάρων ἐπελήλυθε: ποῦ τις ἀπέλθῃ λοιπόν, ἐπεὶ χᾁδην Εὐτυχίδης κατέχει;
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- by Gaius Lucilius (c180 BCE - 103 BCE), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
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- Also set in English, a translation by Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869 - 1935) , "Eutychides", appears in Captain Craig, in Variations of Greek Themes, no. 4, first published 1902 ; composed by Frank Lewin.
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Eutychides
Language: English after the Greek (Ελληνικά)
Eutychides, who wrote the songs, Is going down where he belongs. O you unhappy ones, beware: Eutychides will soon be there! For he is coming with twelve lyres, And with more than twice twelve quires Of the stuff that he has done In the world from which he's gone. Ah, now must you know death indeed, For he is coming with all speed; And with Eutychides in Hell, Where's a poor tortured soul to dwell?
Text Authorship:
- by Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869 - 1935), "Eutychides", appears in Captain Craig, in Variations of Greek Themes, no. 4, first published 1902 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Gaius Lucilius (c180 BCE - 103 BCE), no title
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Frank Lewin (1925 - 2008), "Eutychides", published 1975 [mezzo-soprano or contralto, flute, viola, harp, and piano], from Variations of Greek Themes, no. 3. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 75