by Pindar (c522 BCE - 443 BCE)
lίssomai, paῖ Zēnὸs ᾿Eleutherίu
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
lίssomai, paῖ Zēnὸs ᾿Eleutherίu, ῾Imέran eὐrysthenέ' ἀmphipόlei, sώteira Tύcha. tὶn gὰr ἐn pόntῳ kybernῶntai thoaὶ nᾶes, ἐn chέrsῳ te laipsēroὶ pόlemoi kἀgoraὶ bulaphόroi. aἵ ge mὲn ἀndrῶn pόll' ἄnō, tὰ d' aὖ kάtō pseύdē metamώnia tάmnoisai kylίndont' ἐlpίdes· sύmbolon d' oὔ pώ tis ἐpichthonίōn pistὸn ἀmphὶ prάxios ἐssomέnas eὗren theόthen· tῶn dὲ mellόntōn tetύphlōntai phradaί. pollὰ d' ἀnthrώpois parὰ gnώman ἔpesen, ἔmpalin mὲn tέrpsios, oἱ d' ἀniaraῖs ἀntikύrsantes zάlais ἐslὸn bathὺ pήmatos ἐn mikrῷ pedάmeipsan chrόnῳ. yἱὲ Philάnoros, ἤtoi kaὶ teά ken, ἐndomάchas ἅt' ἀlέktōr, syngόnῳ par' ἑstίᾳ ἀkleὴs timὰ katephyllorόēse podῶn, eἰ mὴ stάsis ἀntiάneira Knōsίas
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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 ]
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