by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE)
tὸ ῥόdon tὸ tῶn Ἐrώtōn
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
tὸ ῥόdon tὸ tῶn Ἐrώtōn mίxōmen Dionύsῳ· tὸ ῥόdon tὸ kallίfyllon krotάfoisin ἁrmόsantes, pίnōmen ἁvrὰ gelῶntes. ῥόdon, ὦ fέriston ἄnthos, ῥόdon eἴaros mέlīma, ῥόda kaὶ theoῖsi terpnά, ῥόdon, ᾧ paῖs ὁ Kythήrīs stέfetai kaloὺs ἰoύloys Charίtessi sygchoreύōn· stefάnoy me, kaὶ lyrίzōn parὰ soῖs, Diόnyse, sīkoῖs metὰ koύrīs vathykόlpoy ῥodίnoisi stefanίskois pepykasmέnos choreύsō.
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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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