by Sophocles (c495 BCE - c406 BCE)
Ἔrōs ἀnikate machan, Ἔrōs, ὃs ἐn ktēmasi...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Choros Ἔrōs ἀnikate machan, Ἔrōs, ὃs ἐn ktēmasi pipteis, ὃs ἐn malakaῖs pareiaῖs neanidos ἐnnycheyeis, 785phoitᾷs d᾽ ὑperpontios ἔn t᾽ ἀgronomois aὐlaῖs: kai s᾽ oὔt᾽ ἀthanatōn phyximos oὐdeὶs 790oὔth᾽ ἁmeriōn se g᾽ ἀnthrōpōn. ὁ d᾽ ἔchōn memēnen.
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- by Sophocles (c495 BCE - c406 BCE), appears in Ἀντιγόνη (Antigone) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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