by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE)
ἓν τόδε, παμμήτειρα θεῶν, λίτομαί σε,...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
ἓν τόδε, παμμήτειρα θεῶν, λίτομαί σε, φίλη Νύξ, ναὶ λίτομαι, κώμων σύμπλανε, πότνια Νύξ, εἴ τις ὑπὸ χλαίνῃ βεβλημένος Ἡλιοδώρας θάλπεται, ὑπναπάτῃ χρωτὶ χλιαινόμενος, κοιμάσθω μὲν λύχνος: ὁ δ᾽ ἐν κόλποισιν ἐκείνης ῥιπτασθεὶς κείσθω δεύτερος Ἐνδυμίων.
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- by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE), no title, Epigram 5.165 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Dudley Fitts (1903 - 1968) ; composed by Geoffrey Bush.
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