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by Pindar (c522 BCE - 443 BCE)

λίσσομαι, παῖ Ζηνὸς ᾿Ελευθερίου
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά) 
λίσσομαι, παῖ Ζηνὸς ᾿Ελευθερίου,
῾Ιμέραν εὐρυσθενέ' ἀμφιπόλει, σώτειρα Τύχα.
τὶν γὰρ ἐν πόντῳ κυβερνῶνται θοαὶ
νᾶες, ἐν χέρσῳ τε λαιψηροὶ πόλεμοι
κἀγοραὶ βουλαφόροι. αἵ γε μὲν ἀνδρῶν
πόλλ' ἄνω, τὰ δ' αὖ κάτω ψεύδη μεταμώνια τάμνοισαι κυλίνδοντ' ἐλπίδες·

σύμβολον δ' οὔ πώ τις ἐπιχθονίων
πιστὸν ἀμφὶ πράξιος ἐσσομένας εὗρεν θεόθεν·
τῶν δὲ μελλόντων τετύφλωνται φραδαί.
πολλὰ δ' ἀνθρώποις παρὰ γνώμαν ἔπεσεν,
ἔμπαλιν μὲν τέρψιος, οἱ δ' ἀνιαραῖς
ἀντικύρσαντες ζάλαις ἐσλὸν βαθὺ πήματος ἐν μικρῷ πεδάμειψαν χρόνῳ.

υἱὲ Φιλάνορος, ἤτοι καὶ τεά κεν,
ἐνδομάχας ἅτ' ἀλέκτωρ, συγγόνῳ παρ' ἑστίᾳ
ἀκλεὴς τιμὰ κατεφυλλορόησε ποδῶν,
εἰ μὴ στάσις ἀντιάνειρα Κνωσίας

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Text Authorship:

  • by Pindar (c522 BCE - 443 BCE), "ΕΡΓΟΤΕΛΕΙ ΙΜΕΡΑΙΩ|, ΔΟΛΙΧΟΔΡΟΜΩ", subtitle: "Olympian 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 Olympische Ode", 1998, first performed 1999 [SATB chorus and organ], from Pindar : Zwei Oden des Dichters, no. 1, Mainz, Schott [ sung text not verified ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-03-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 97

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