by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE)
τὸ ῥόδον τὸ τῶν Ἐρώτων
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
τὸ ῥόδον τὸ τῶν Ἐρώτων μίξωμεν Διονύσῳ· τὸ ῥόδον τὸ καλλίφυλλον κροτάφοισιν ἁρμόσαντες, πίνωμεν ἁβρὰ γελῶντες. ῥόδον, ὦ φέριστον ἄνθος, ῥόδον εἴαρος μέλημα, ῥόδα καὶ θεοῖσι τερπνά, ῥόδον, ᾧ παῖς ὁ Κυθήρης στέφεται καλοὺς ἰούλους Χαρίτεσσι συγχορεύων· στεφάνου με, καὶ λυρίζων παρὰ σοῖς, Διόνυσε, σηκοῖς μετὰ κούρης βαθυκόλπου ῥοδίνοισι στεφανίσκοις πεπυκασμένος χορεύσω.
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Confirmed with Anacreon translated by Thomas Stanley, edited by Arthur Henry Bullen, Lawrence & Bullen, London 1893.
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- by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Thomas Stanley (1625 - 1678) , "Roses" ; composed by John Gamble.
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