by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE)
Eἰs korēn
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Ἡ Tantalu pot᾽ ἔstē lithos Phrygῶn ἐn ὄchthais, kaὶ paῖs pot᾽ ὄrnis ἔptē Pandionos chelidōn. ἐgὼ d᾽ ἔsoptron eἴēn, ὅpōs ἀeὶ blepēis me· ἐgὼ chitὼn genoimēn, ὅpōs ἀeὶ phorῆis me. ὕdōr thelō genesthai, ὅpōs se chrῶta loysō· myron, gynai, genoimēn, ὅpōs ἐgō s᾽ ἀleipsō1. kaὶ tainiē dὲ masthῶi kaὶ margaron trachēlōi kaὶ sandalon genoimēn· monon posὶn patei me.
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1 Note provided by Athanasios Papaisiou: "αλείψω" in Editions ALTENBURG, by Gottlob Eman. Richter, 1787 ; "αλείφω" in Editions Simpkin & Marshall, by T.W.C.Edwards, 1830.
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1 Note provided by Athanasios Papaisiou: "αλείψω" in Editions ALTENBURG, by Gottlob Eman. Richter, 1787 ; "αλείφω" in Editions Simpkin & Marshall, by T.W.C.Edwards, 1830.
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Text Authorship:
- by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE), "Εἰς κόρην", appears in Odes, no. 20 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894) ; composed by Albert Roussel.
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- GER German (Deutsch) (Johann Friedrich Degen) , "An ein Mädchen", appears in Anakreons Lieder, nebst andern lyrischen Gedichten, in Anakreons Lieder, no. 20
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