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ὕστατον ἐθρήνησε τὸν ὠκύμορον Κλεαρίστη
παῖδα, καὶ ἀμφὶ τάφῳ πικρὸν ἔπαυσε βίον
κωκύσασα γὰρ ὅσσον ἐχάνδανε μητρὸς ἀνίη,
οὐκέτ᾽ ἐπιστρέψαι πνεύματος ἔσχε τόνους.
θηλύτεραι, τί τοσοῦτον ἐμετρήσασθε τάλαιναι
θρῆνον, ἵνα κλαύσητ᾽ ἄχρι καὶ Ἀίδεω;
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ὕστατον ἐθρήνησε τὸν ὠκύμορον Κλεαρίστη
παῖδα, καὶ ἀμφὶ τάφῳ πικρὸν ἔπαυσε βίον
κωκύσασα γὰρ ὅσσον ἐχάνδανε μητρὸς ἀνίη,
οὐκέτ᾽ ἐπιστρέψαι πνεύματος ἔσχε τόνους.
θηλύτεραι, τί τοσοῦτον ἐμετρήσασθε τάλαιναι
θρῆνον, ἵνα κλαύσητ᾽ ἄχρι καὶ Ἀίδεω;
The Greek Anthology. with an English Translation by. W. R. Paton. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1917. 2.
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