The poetic penguin coffee (2.2)
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ἔπη τάδε καὶ µέλος Ἀλκµὰν
εὗρε γεγλωσσαµέναν
κακκαβίδων ὂπα συνθέµενος
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These verses and their cadence
were found by Alcmane, imitating with words
what he had understood from the song of the partridges.
Alcmane (7th century B.C.)
in the translation by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 – 1968)
Yodel 1 (2008 Digital Remaster)
Yodel 1
ἔπη τάδε καὶ µέλος Ἀλκµὰν
εὗρε γεγλωσσαµέναν
κακκαβίδων ὂπα συνθέµενος
-
These verses and their cadence
were found by Alcmane, imitating with words
what he had understood from the song of the partridges.
Alcmane (7th century B.C.)
in the translation by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 – 1968)
Yodel 1 (2008 Digital Remaster)
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