possibly by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE)
Eis to zīn' aneimenōs
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Tí me toὺs nómoys didáskeis kaὶ ῥītórōn ἀnágkas? tí dé moi lógōn tosoýtōn tῶn mīdὲn ὠfeloýntōn? mᾶllon dídaske pínein ἁpalὸn pῶma Lyaíoy, mᾶllon dídaske paízein metὰ chrysῆs Ἀfrodítīs. Poliaὶ stéfoysi káran· dὸs ὕdōr, vál᾽ oἶnon ὦ paῖ· tὴn psychī́n moy kárōson. vrachý me zῶnta kalýpteis· ὁ thanὼn oὐk ἐpithymeῖ.
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Text Authorship:
- possibly by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE), "Εις το ζην' ανειμενως", appears in Odes, no. 35 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852) , "Ode LII", appears in Odes of Anacreon, no. 52 [an adaptation] ; composed by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir.
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This text was added to the website: 2010-04-21
Line count: 13
Word count: 49