by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
Translation by John Addington Symonds (1840 - 1893)
Τιμάδος ἅδε κόνις
Language: Aeolic Greek
Τιμάδος ἅδε κόνις, τὰν δη πρὸ γάμοιο θανοῦσαν δέξατο Φερσεφόνας κυάνεος θάλαμος, ἇς καὶ ἀποφθιμένας πᾶσαι νεοθᾶγι σιδάρῳ ἅλικες ἱμερτὰν κρατὸς ἔθεντο κόμαν.
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Text Authorship:
- by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869 - 1935) , "The dust of Timas", appears in Captain Craig, in Variations of Greek Themes, no. 6, first published 1902 ; composed by Frank Lewin.
- Also set in English, a translation by Frederick Adam Wright (1869 - 1946) ; composed by Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley, Sir.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Prosper Yraven [an adaptation] ; composed by Charles Gounod.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Henry Thornton Wharton)
- ENG English (Charles Isaac Elton, QC)
- ENG English (John Addington Symonds)
- FRE French (Français) (Ernest Falconnet) , "Épitaphe de la jeune Timas"
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This is the dust of Timas
Language: English after the Aeolic Greek
This is the dust of Timas, whom unwed Persephone locked in her darksome bed: For her the maids who were her fellows shore Their curls, and to her tomb this tribute bore.
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- a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2011-06-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 32