by Bion of Smyrna (flourished 100 BCE)
Ἕspere, tᾶs ἐratᾶs chrýseon fáos...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Ἕspere, tᾶs ἐratᾶs chrýseon fáos Ἀfrogeneías, Ἕspere kyanéas ἱerὸn fíle nyktὸs ἄgalma, tósson ἀfayróteros mī́nas, ὅson ἔxochos ἄstrōn, chaῖre fílos, kaí moi potὶ poiména kῶmon ἄgonti ἀntὶ selanaías tὺ dídoy fáos, ὥneka tī́na sámeron ἀrchoména táchion dýen. oὐk ἐpὶ fōrὰn ἔrchomai, oὐdʼ ἵna nyktὸs ὁdoiporéontas ἐnochléō: ἀllʼ ἐráō: kalὸn dé tʼ ἐrassaménō synarésthai.
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Confirmed with Bion of Phlossa. The Greek Bucolic Poets, J. M. (John Maxwell) Edmonds, William Heinemann; G. P. Putnam's Sons. London; New York. 1919. In Fragments, no. 9, pages 411-412.
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- by Bion of Smyrna (flourished 100 BCE), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Jakob Mähly (1828 - 1902) , "An den Abendstern" ; composed by Erkki Gustaf Melartin.
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Giàcomo Leopardi (1798 - 1837) , title 1: "Idillio", title 2: "Espero", subtitle: "Romanza" [an adaptation] ; composed by Charles Lefebvre, Carlo Rossaro.
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- ENG English (Richard Polwhele) , "Idyllium the Seventh", subtitle: "To the Evening Star" [an adaptation]
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