...ὀρράνοθεν ...κατίοι[σα δεῦρυ μ†μ’ ἐς Κρητας .π[ ]ναῦον ἄγνον, ὄππ[αι δὴ] χάριεν μὲν ἄλσος μαλί[αν], βῶμοι †δ’ ἔνι θυμιάμε- νοι [λι]βανώτῳ· ἐν δ’ ὔδωρ ψῦχρον κελάδει δι’ ὔσδων μαλίνων, βρόδοισι δὲ παῖς ὀ χῶρος ἐσκίαστ’, αἰθυσσομένων δὲ φύλλων κῶμα †κατέρρ[ει]· ἐν δὲ λείμων ἰππόβοτος τέθαλε ἠρινίοισιν ἄνθεσιν, αἰ δ’ ἄνητοι μέλλιχα πνέοισιν [ [ ] ἔλθε δὴ σὺ στέμ[ματ’] ἔλοισα Κύπρι, χρυσίαισιν ἐν κυλίκεσσιν ἄβρως ὀμ[με]μείχμενον θαλίαισι νέκταρ οἰνοχόαισον
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.ρανοθεν κατιοθ[σ- δευρυμ† μεκρητας π[ ]. ναῦον ἄγνον ὄππ[αι ] χάριεν μὲν ἄλσος μαλί[αν], βῶμοι †δεμιθυμιάμε- ωοι [λι]βώντωι· ἐν δ’ ὔδωρ ψῦχρον κελάδει δι’ ὔσδων μαλίνων, βρόδοισι δὲ παῖς ὀ χῶρος ἐσκίαστ’, αἰυθσσομένων δὲ φύλλων κῶμα †καταγριον· ἐν δὲ λείμων ἰππόβοτος τέθαλε †τωτ . . .ιριννοις† ἄνθεσιν, αἰ δ’ ἄηται μέλλιχα πνέοισιν [ [ ] ἔνθα δὴ σ]τέμ[ματ’] ἔλοισα Κύπρι χρυσίαισιν ἐν κυλίκεσσι ἄβρως ὀμ[με]μείχμενον θαλίαισι νέκταρ οἰνοχόαισον
Authorship:
- by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803) , no title, appears in Stimmen der Völker in Liedern, in 2. Das zweite Buch. Lieder aus dem Süd, in 5. Fragmente griechischer Lieder. Sappho, no. 5 ; composed by Mathilde von Kralik.
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Word count: 69
Komm, o Cypris, komm mit deinem Vollen gold'nen Nektarbecher, Reich ihn diesen holden Knaben, Meinen Freunden und auch deinen.
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Confirmed with J. G. von Herder's Ausgewählte Werke in einem Bande, Stuttgart und Tübingen, J.G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1844, page 331; note: this comes from the last stanza of the linked original poem fragment.
Authorship:
- by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803), no title, appears in Stimmen der Völker in Liedern, in 2. Das zweite Buch. Lieder aus dem Süd, in 5. Fragmente griechischer Lieder. Sappho, no. 5 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 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 Mathilde von Kralik (1857 - 1944), "Komm, o Cypris" [voice and piano], from Lied der Sappho, no. 5. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2018-12-03
Line count: 4
Word count: 19