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 ἀmfόteroi· dieίrgei dὲ pᾶsa kekrimέna dύnamis, ὡs tὸ mὲn oὐdέn, ὁ dὲ chάlkeos ἀsfalὲs aἰὲn ἕdos mέnei oὐranόs. ἀllά ti prosfέromen ἔmpan ἢ mέgan nόon ἤtoi fύsin ἀthanάtois, kaίper ἐfamerίan oὐk eἰdόtes oὐdὲ metὰ nύktas ἄmme pόtmos oἵan tin' ἔgrapse drameῖn potὶ stάthman. tekmaίrei kaί nyn ᾿Alkimίdas tὸ syggenὲs ἰdeῖn ἄgchi karpofόrois ἀroύraisin, aἵt' ἀmeivόmenai tόka mὲn ὦn vίon ἀndrάsin ἐpīetanὸn pedίōn ἔdosan, tόka d' aὖt' ἀnapaysάmenai sthέnos ἔmarpsan. ἦlthέ toi Nemέas ἐx ἐratῶn ἀέthlōn paῖs ἐnagώnios, ὃs taύtan methέpōn Diόthen aἶsan nῦn pέfantai oὐk ἄmmoros ἀmfὶ pάlᾳ kynagέtas, ἴchnesin ἐn Praxidάmantos ἑὸn pόda nέmōn patropάtoros ὁmaimίoy. keῖnos gὰr ᾿Olympiόnikos ἐὼn Aἰakίdais ἔrnea prῶtos ῞ἔneiken῞ ἀp' ᾿Alfeoῦ, kaὶ pentάkis ᾿Isthmoῖ stefanōsάmenos, nemέᾳ dὲ trίs, ἔpayse lάthan Sōkleίda, ὃs ὑpέrtatos ῾Agīsimάchῳ yἱέōn gέneto. ἐpeί oἱ treῖs ἀethlofόroi prὸs ἄkron ἀretᾶs ἦlthon, oἵte pόnōn ἐgeύsanto. sὺn theoῦ dὲ tύchᾳ ἕteron oὔ tina oἶkon ἀpefάnato pygmachίa ῞pleόnōn῞ tamίan stefάnōn mychῷ ῾Ellάdos ἁpάsas. ἔlpomai mέga eἰpὼn skopoῦ ἄnta tycheῖn ὥt' ἀpὸ tόxoy ἱeίs· eὔthyn' ἐpὶ toῦton, ἄge, Moῖsa, oὖron ἐpέōn eὐklέa. paroichomέnōn gὰr ἀnέrōn ἀoidaὶ kaὶ lόgoi tὰ kalά sfin ἔrg' ἐkόmisan, Vassίdaisin ἅ t' oὐ spanίzei· palaίfatos geneά, ἴdia naystolέontes ἐpikώmia, Pierίdōn ἀrόtais dynatoὶ parέchein polὺn ὕmnon ἀgerώchōn ἑrgmάtōn ἕneken. kaὶ gὰr ἐn ἀgathέᾳ cheῖras ἱmάnti detheὶs Pythῶni krάtīsen ἀpὸ taύtas aἷma pάtras chrysalakάtoy potὲ Kallίas ἁdὼn ἔrnesi Latoῦs, parὰ Kastalίᾳ te Charίtōn ἑspέrios ὁmάdῳ flέgen· pόntoy te gέfyr' ἀkάmantos ἐn ἀmfiktiόnōn tayrofόnῳ trietīrίdi Kreontίdan tίmase Poseidάnion ἂn tέmenos· votάna tέ nin pόth' ἁ lέontos nikάsant' ἤrefe daskίois Flioῦntos ὑp' ὠgygίois ὄresin. plateῖai pάntothen logίoisin ἐntὶ prόsodoi nᾶson eὐklέa tάnde kosmeῖn· ἐpeί sfin Aἰakίdai ἔporon ἔxochon aἶsan ἀretὰs ἀpodeiknύmenoi megάlas· pέtatai d' ἐpί te chthόna kaὶ diὰ thalάssas tīlόthen ὄnym' aὐtῶn· kaὶ ἐs Aἰthίopas Mέmnonos oὐk ἀponostήsantos ἐpᾶlto· varὺ dέ sfin neῖkos ᾿Achileὺs ἔmpese chamaὶ katavὰs ἀf' ἁrmάtōn, faennᾶs yἱὸn eὖt' ἐnάrixen ᾿Aόos ἀkmᾷ ἔgcheos 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 ἄggelos ἔvan, pέmpton ἐpὶ eἴkosi toῦto garύōn eὖchos ἀgώnōn ἄpo, toὺs ἐnέpoisin ἱeroύs, ᾿Alkimίda, tέ g' ἐparkέsai kleitᾷ geneᾷ· dύo mὲn Kronίoy pὰr temέnei, paῖ, sέ t' ἐnόsfise kaὶ Poylytimίdan klᾶros propetὴs ἄnthe' ᾿Olympiάdos. delfῖnί ken tάchos di' ἅlmas ἴson eἴpoimi Melīsίan, 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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