Alkman 58
read in the restored pronunciation of classical Greek
by Stephen G. Daitz, City University of New York.
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Asleep in the
mountains are the peaks and gullies, the slopes and ravines. Asleep the crawling creatures of dark earth, mountain-laired beasts, the tribe of bees, and the monsters in the depths of the purple sea. Asleep the flocks of broad-winged birds. trans. S. Daitz |
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