by Philippus of Thessalonica (flourished 1st century CE)
Translation by John (or Jack) William Mackail (1859 - 1945)
To Apollo of Leucas
Language: English after the Greek (Ελληνικά)
Phoebus who holdest the sheer steep of Leucas, far seen of mariners and washed by the Ionian Sea, receive of sailors this mess of hand-kneaded barley bread and a libation mingled in a little cup, and the gleam of a brief-shining lamp that drinks with half-saturate mouth from a sparing oil- flask; in recompense whereof be gracious, and send on their sails a favourable wind to run with them to the harbours of Actium.
Text Authorship:
- by John (or Jack) William Mackail (1859 - 1945) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Philippus of Thessalonica (flourished 1st century CE) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by (Herbert) Hamilton Harty, Sir (1879 - 1941), "To Apollo of Leucas" [ voice and piano ], from Three Sea Prayers from the Greek Anthology, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2023-02-08
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