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Bacchylides
4 quotes
“Τίκτει δέ τε θνατοῖσιν Εἰρήνα μεγάλα στρ. πλοῦτον μελιγλώσσων τ' ἀοιδᾶν ἄνθεα, δαιδαλέων τ᾽ ἐπὶ βωμῶν θεοῖσιν αἴθεσθαι βοῶν ξανθᾷ φλογί μῆρα τανῦτρίχων τε μήλων γυμνασίων τε νέοις αὐλῶν τε καὶ κώμων μέλειν.”
Bacchylides (516–451 BC) said by 451 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Philip Ayres, 1687
“Ἐν δὲ σιδαροδέτοις πόρπαξιν αἰθᾶν ἀραχνᾶν ἱστοὶ πέλονται, ἔγχεα τε λογχωτὰ ξίφεα τ᾽ ἀμφάκεα δάμναται εὐρώς.”
Bacchylides (516–451 BC) said by 451 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Philip Ayres, 1687
“Συμποσίων δ᾽ ἐρατῶν βρίθοντ᾽ ἀγυιαί, παιδείοι θ᾽ ὕμνοι φλέγονται.”
Bacchylides (516–451 BC) said by 451 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Philip Ayres, 1687
“Οἱ μὲν ἀδμᾶτες ἀεικελιᾶν νούσων εἰσὶν καὶ ἄνατοι, οὐδὲν ἀνθρώποις ἴκελοι.”
Bacchylides (516–451 BC) said by 451 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Robert Fagles, 1961