by Antipater of Sidon (flourished 1st century BCE)
ἤpu sὲ chthonias, Ἀretēmias, ἐx ἀkatoio
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
ἤpu sὲ chthonias, Ἀretēmias, ἐx ἀkatoio Kōkytoῦ themenan ἴchnos ἐp᾽ ἀioni, oἰchomenon brephos ἄrti neῳ phoreusan ἀgostῷ ᾤkteiran thaleraὶ Dōrides eἰn ἀidᾳ, peuthomenai teo kῆra sὺ dὲ ῥainusa pareiὰs dakrysin, ἄngeilas keῖn᾽ ἀniarὸn ἔpos: diploon ὠdinasa, philai, tekos, ἄllo mὲn ἀndrὶ eὔphroni kallipoman, ἄllo d᾽ ἄgō phthimenois.
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Confirmed with The Greek Anthology. with an English Translation by. W. R. Paton, London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1917, page 252.
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Text Authorship:
- by Antipater of Sidon (flourished 1st century BCE), first published 1902 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- ENG English (Edwin Arlington Robinson) , "Aretemias", appears in Captain Craig, in Variations of Greek Themes, no. 7, first published 1902
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