by Pindar (c522 BCE - 443 BCE)
ἓn ἀndrῶn, ἓn theῶn gέnos· ἐk miᾶs dὲ...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
ἓn ἀndrῶn, ἓn theῶn gέnos· ἐk miᾶs dὲ pnέomen matrὸs ἀmphόteroi· dieίrgei dὲ pᾶsa kekrimέna dύnamis, ὡs tὸ mὲn oὐdέn, ὁ dὲ chάlkeos ἀsphalὲs aἰὲn ἕdos mέnei oὐranόs. ἀllά ti prosphέromen ἔmpan ἢ mέgan nόon ἤtoi phύsin ἀthanάtois, kaίper ἐphamerίan oὐk eἰdόtes oὐdὲ metὰ nύktas ἄmme pόtmos oἵan tin' ἔgrapse drameῖn potὶ stάthman. tekmaίrei kaί nyn ᾿Alkimίdas tὸ syngenὲs ἰdeῖn ἄnchi karpophόrois ἀroύraisin, aἵt' ἀmeibόmenai tόka mὲn ὦn bίon ἀndrάsin ἐpēetanὸn pedίōn ἔdosan, tόka d' aὖt' ἀnapausάmenai sthέnos ἔmarpsan. ἦlthέ toi Nemέas ἐx ἐratῶn ἀέthlōn paῖs ἐnagώnios, ὃs taύtan methέpōn Diόthen aἶsan nῦn pέphantai oὐk ἄmmoros ἀmphὶ pάlᾳ kynagέtas, ἴchnesin ἐn Praxidάmantos ἑὸn pόda nέmōn patropάtoros ὁmaimίu. keῖnos gὰr ᾿Olympiόnikos ἐὼn Aἰakίdais ἔrnea prῶtos ῞ἔneiken῞ ἀp' ᾿Alpheoῦ, kaὶ pentάkis ᾿Isthmoῖ stephanōsάmenos, nemέᾳ dὲ trίs, ἔpause lάthan Sōkleίda, ὃs ὑpέrtatos ῾Agēsimάchῳ yἱέōn gέneto. ἐpeί oἱ treῖs ἀethlophόroi prὸs ἄkron ἀretᾶs ἦlthon, oἵte pόnōn ἐgeύsanto. sὺn theoῦ dὲ tύchᾳ ἕteron oὔ tina oἶkon ἀpephάnato pygmachίa ῞pleόnōn῞ tamίan stephάnōn mychῷ ῾Ellάdos ἁpάsas. ἔlpomai mέga eἰpὼn skopoῦ ἄnta tycheῖn ὥt' ἀpὸ tόxu ἱeίs· eὔthyn' ἐpὶ toῦton, ἄge, Moῖsa, oὖron ἐpέōn eὐklέa. paroichomέnōn gὰr ἀnέrōn ἀoidaὶ kaὶ lόgoi tὰ kalά sphin ἔrg' ἐkόmisan, Bassίdaisin ἅ t' oὐ spanίzei· palaίphatos geneά, ἴdia naustolέontes ἐpikώmia, Pierίdōn ἀrόtais dynatoὶ parέchein polὺn ὕmnon ἀgerώchōn ἑrgmάtōn ἕneken. kaὶ gὰr ἐn ἀgathέᾳ cheῖras ἱmάnti detheὶs Pythῶni krάtēsen ἀpὸ taύtas aἷma pάtras chrysalakάtu potὲ Kallίas ἁdὼn ἔrnesi Latoῦs, parὰ Kastalίᾳ te Charίtōn ἑspέrios ὁmάdῳ phlέgen· pόntu te gέphyr' ἀkάmantos ἐn ἀmphiktiόnōn taurophόnῳ trietērίdi Kreontίdan tίmase Poseidάnion ἂn tέmenos· botάna tέ nin pόth' ἁ lέontos nikάsant' ἤrephe daskίois Phlioῦntos ὑp' ὠgygίois ὄresin. plateῖai pάntothen logίoisin ἐntὶ prόsodoi nᾶson eὐklέa tάnde kosmeῖn· ἐpeί sphin Aἰakίdai ἔporon ἔxochon aἶsan ἀretὰs ἀpodeiknύmenoi megάlas· pέtatai d' ἐpί te chthόna kaὶ diὰ thalάssas tēlόthen ὄnym' aὐtῶn· kaὶ ἐs Aἰthίopas Mέmnonos oὐk ἀponostήsantos ἐpᾶlto· barὺ dέ sphin neῖkos ᾿Achileὺs ἔmpese chamaὶ katabὰs ἀph' ἁrmάtōn, phaennᾶs yἱὸn eὖt' ἐnάrixen ᾿Aόos ἀkmᾷ ἔncheos zakόtoio. kaὶ taύtan mὲn palaiόteroi ὁdὸn ἀmaxitὸn eὗron· ἕpomai dὲ kaὶ aὐtὸs ἔchōn melέtan· tὸ dὲ pὰr podὶ naὸs ἑlissόmenon aἰeὶ kymάtōn lέgetai pantὶ mάlista doneῖn thymόn. ἑkόnti d' ἐgὼ nώtῳ methέpōn dίdymon ἄchthos ἄngelos ἔban, pέmpton ἐpὶ eἴkosi toῦto garύōn eὖchos ἀgώnōn ἄpo, toὺs ἐnέpoisin ἱeroύs, ᾿Alkimίda, tέ g' ἐparkέsai kleitᾷ geneᾷ· dύo mὲn Kronίu pὰr temέnei, paῖ, sέ t' ἐnόsphise kaὶ Pulytimίdan klᾶros propetὴs ἄnthe' ᾿Olympiάdos. delphῖnί ken tάchos di' ἅlmas ἴson eἴpoimi Melēsίan, cheirῶn te kaὶ ἰschύos ἁnίochon.
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- by Pindar (c522 BCE - 443 BCE), "ΑΛΚΙΜΙΔῌ ΑΙΓΙΝΗΤῌ ΠΑΙΔΙ ΠΑΛΑΙΣΤῌ", subtitle: "Nemean Ode no. 6" [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):
- by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Sechste Nemeische Ode des Pindar", 2002, first performed 2002 [soprano and small men's chorus], Mainz, Schott ; incipit transliteration given in Schott's catalog is "Ekandron, antheangenos" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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This text was added to the website: 2012-03-07
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