mnasalces
ἀκρίδα Δημοκρίτου μελεσίπτερον ἅδε θανοῦσαν
ἄργιλος δολιχὰν ἀμφὶ κέλευθον ἔχει,
ἇς καί, ὅτ᾽ ἰθύσειε πανέσπερον ὕμνον ἀείδειν,
πᾶν μέλαθρον μολπᾶς ἴαχ᾽ ὑπ᾽ εὐκελάδου.
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ἀκρίδα Δημοκρίτου μελεσίπτερον ἅδε θανοῦσαν
ἄργιλος δολιχὰν ἀμφὶ κέλευθον ἔχει,
ἇς καί, ὅτ᾽ ἰθύσειε πανέσπερον ὕμνον ἀείδειν,
πᾶν μέλαθρον μολπᾶς ἴαχ᾽ ὑπ᾽ εὐκελάδου.
The Greek Anthology. with an English Translation by. W. R. Paton. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1917. 2.
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