by Theocritus (c310 BCE - c250 BCE)

Kīrioleptīs
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά) 
Ekéntrōse mia mélissa ton érōta ton kléftī
ótan tīs ékleve kerí més' apó tīn kypsélī,
ki óla toy takrodáchtyla ta vrī́ke to kentrí tīs.
Ki aytós ponoýse o dýstychos k' efýsage ta chéria
k' echtýpage ta pódia toy pīdṓntas ap' ton póno;
k' étrexe stī mītéra toy tīn ṓmorfī Afrodítī
k' édeixe ta cherákia toy kai tīs paraponéthī
pōs eín' ī mélissa mikrī́ ki ómōs sklīrá plīgṓnei.
K' egélas' ī mītéra toy kai stráfīke kai toýpe:
Giatí aporeís? mī́pōs kai sy tīs mélissas de moiázeis?
Étsi mikrós eísai kai sy k' étsi sklīrá plīgṓneis.

See also Anacreon's version of this tale.


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