by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE)
ἓn tode, pammēteira theῶn, litomai se,...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
ἓn tode, pammēteira theῶn, litomai se, philē Nyx, naὶ litomai, kōmōn symplane, potnia Nyx, eἴ tis ὑpὸ chlainῃ beblēmenos Ἡliodōras thalpetai, ὑpnapatῃ chrōtὶ chliainomenos, koimasthō mὲn lychnos: ὁ d᾽ ἐn kolpoisin ἐkeinēs ῥiptastheὶs keisthō deyteros Ἐndymiōn.
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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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