by Pindar (c522 BCE - 443 BCE)
aἰtέō se, filάglae, kallίsta vroteᾶn...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
aἰtέō se, filάglae, kallίsta vroteᾶn polίōn, Fersefόnas ἕdos, ἅ t' ὄchthais ἔpi mīlovόtoy naίeis ᾿Akrάgantos ἐΰdmaton kolώnan, ὦ ἄna, ἵlaos ἀthanάtōn ἀndrῶn te sὺn eὐmenίᾳ dέxai stefάnōma tόd' ἐk Pythῶnos eὐdόxῳ Mίdᾳ, aὐtόn tέ nin ῾Ellάda nikάsanta tέchnᾳ, tάn pote Pallὰs ἐfeῦre thraseiᾶn Gorgόnōn oὔlion thrῆnon diaplέxais' ᾿Athάna· tὸn parthenίois ὑpό t' ἀplάtois ὀfίōn kefalaῖs ἄïe leivόmenon dyspenthέï sὺn kamάtῳ, Perseὺs ὁpόte trίton ἄnyssen kasignītᾶn mέros, eἰnalίᾳ te Serίfῳ laoῖsί te moῖran ἄgōn. ἤtoi tό te thespέsion Fόrkoio maύrōsen gέnos, lygrόn t' ἔranon Polydέktᾳ thῆke matrόs t' ἔmpedon doylosύnan tό t' ἀnagkaῖon lέchos, eὐparάoy krᾶta sylάsais Medoίsas yἱὸs Danάas· tὸn ἀpὸ chrysoῦ famen aὐtorύtoy ἔmmenai. ἀll' ἐpeὶ ἐk toύtōn fίlon ἄndra pόnōn ἐrrύsato, parthέnos aὐlῶn teῦche pάmfōnon mέlos, ὄfra tὸn Eὐryάlas ἐk karpalimᾶn genύōn chrimfthέnta sὺn ἔntesi mimήsait' ἐriklάgktan 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