by Pindar (c522 BCE - 443 BCE)
aἰtέō se, philάglae, kallίsta broteᾶn...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
aἰtέō se, philάglae, kallίsta broteᾶn polίōn, Phersephόnas ἕdos, ἅ t' ὄchthais ἔpi mēlobόtu naίeis ᾿Akrάgantos ἐΰdmaton kolώnan, ὦ ἄna, ἵlaos ἀthanάtōn ἀndrῶn te sὺn eὐmenίᾳ dέxai stephάnōma tόd' ἐk Pythῶnos eὐdόxῳ Mίdᾳ, aὐtόn tέ nin ῾Ellάda nikάsanta tέchnᾳ, tάn pote Pallὰs ἐpheῦre thraseiᾶn Gorgόnōn oὔlion thrῆnon diaplέxais' ᾿Athάna· tὸn parthenίois ὑpό t' ἀplάtois ὀphίōn kephalaῖs ἄie leibόmenon dyspenthέi sὺn kamάtῳ, Perseὺs ὁpόte trίton ἄnyssen kasignētᾶn mέros, eἰnalίᾳ te Serίphῳ laoῖsί te moῖran ἄgōn. ἤtoi tό te thespέsion Phόrkoio maύrōsen gέnos, lygrόn t' ἔranon Polydέktᾳ thῆke matrόs t' ἔmpedon dulosύnan tό t' ἀnankaῖon lέchos, eὐparάu krᾶta sylάsais Medoίsas yἱὸs Danάas· tὸn ἀpὸ chrysoῦ phamen aὐtorύtu ἔmmenai. ἀll' ἐpeὶ ἐk toύtōn phίlon ἄndra pόnōn ἐrrύsato, parthέnos aὐlῶn teῦche pάmphōnon mέlos, ὄphra tὸn Eὐryάlas ἐk karpalimᾶn genύōn chrimphthέnta sὺn ἔntesi mimήsait' ἐriklάnktan gόon. eὗren theόs· ἀllά nin eὑroῖs' ἀndrάsi thnatoῖs ἔchein, ὠnόmase
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Text Authorship:
- by Pindar (c522 BCE - 443 BCE), "ΜΙΔᾼ ΑΚΡΑΓΑΝΤΙΝῼ, ΑΥΛΗΤῌ", subtitle: "Pythian Ode no. 12" [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), "Die zwölfte Pythische Ode", 1998, first performed 1999 [ SATB chorus and organ ], from Pindar : Zwei Oden des Dichters, no. 2, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2012-03-07
Line count: 23
Word count: 139