by Constantine P. Cavafy (1863 - 1933)
Enōpion tu Agalmatos tu Endy
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Available translation(s): FRE
Epi armatos leukoy pu tessares ēmionoi palleukoi syrun, me kosmēmat’ argyra, phthanō ek Milētu eis ton Latmon. Iera telōn — thysias kai spondas — tō Endymiōni, apo tēn Alexandreian epleusa en triērei porphyra.— Idoy to agalma. En ekstasei blepō nyn tu Endymiōnos tēn phēmismenēn kallonēn. Iasmōn kanistra kenoyn oi doyloi mu. k’ euoiōnoi epeuphēmiai exypnēsan archaiōn chronōn ēdonēn.
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- by Constantine P. Cavafy (1863 - 1933), "Ενώπιον του Aγάλματος του Eνδυ" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Devant la statue d'Endymion", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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