by Pindar (c522 BCE - 443 BCE)
lίssomai, paῖ Zīnὸs ᾿Eleytherίoy
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
lίssomai, paῖ Zīnὸs ᾿Eleytherίoy, ῾Imέran eὐrysthenέ' ἀmfipόlei, sώteira Tύcha. tὶn gὰr ἐn pόntῳ kyvernῶntai thoaὶ nᾶes, ἐn chέrsῳ te laipsīroὶ pόlemoi kἀgoraὶ voylafόroi. aἵ ge mὲn ἀndrῶn pόll' ἄnō, tὰ d' aὖ kάtō pseύdī metamώnia tάmnoisai kylίndont' ἐlpίdes· sύmvolon d' oὔ pώ tis ἐpichthonίōn pistὸn ἀmfὶ prάxios ἐssomέnas eὗren theόthen· tῶn dὲ mellόntōn tetύflōntai fradaί. pollὰ d' ἀnthrώpois parὰ gnώman ἔpesen, ἔmpalin mὲn tέrpsios, oἱ d' ἀniaraῖs ἀntikύrsantes zάlais ἐslὸn vathὺ pήmatos ἐn mikrῷ pedάmeipsan chrόnῳ. yἱὲ Filάnoros, ἤtoi kaὶ teά ken, ἐndomάchas ἅt' ἀlέktōr, syggόnῳ par' ἑstίᾳ ἀkleὴs timὰ katefyllorόīse 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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