by Alcaeus of Messene (flourished between 219 and 196 BCE)
Ἕmpne: Pὰn laroῖsin ὀreiváta cheílesi...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Ἕmpne: Pὰn laroῖsin ὀreiváta cheílesi moῦsan, ἕmpnei poimeníῳ terpómenos dónachi, Eὐcheládῳ sýriggi chéōn mélos, ἐch dὲ synῳdoῦ chláze chatithýnōn ῥī́matos ἁrmoníīn Ἀmfὶ dὲ soὶ, ῥythmoῖo chatὰ chróton, ἔntheon ἴchnos ῥīssésthō Nýmfais taῖsde methydriásin.
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Confirmed with Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology edited with a revised text, introduction, translation, and notes by J. W. Mackail, fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1890, page 188.
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- by Alcaeus of Messene (flourished between 219 and 196 BCE), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by John (or Jack) William Mackail (1859 - 1945) , "Pan's Piping" ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir.
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