Ἀνακρέων ἰδών με

       ὁ Τήϊος μελῳδός

       (ὄναρ λέγω) προσεῖπεν·

       κἀγὼ δραμὼν πρὸς αὐτόν

5     περιπλάκην φιλήσας.

       γέρων μὲν ἦν, καλὸς δέ,

       καλὸς δὲ καὶ φίλευνος·

       τὸ χεῖλος ὦζεν οἴνου·

       τρέμοντα δ’ αὐτὸν ἤδη

10   Ἔρως ἐχειραγώγει.

       ὁ δ’ ἐξελὼν καρήνου

       ἐμοὶ στέφος δίδωσι·

       τὸ δ’ ὦζ’ Ἀνακρέοντος.

       ἐγὼ δ’ ὁ μωρὸς ἄρας

15   ἐδησάμην μετώπῳ·

       καὶ δῆθεν ἄχρι καὶ νῦν

       ἔρωτος οὐ πέπαυμαι.

Ἀνακρέων, οντος, ὁ: Anacreon

Τήϊος, α, ον: Teian, of Teios

μελῳδός, ή, όν: musical; (subst.) bard, musician

ὄναρ, τό: dream

προσ-εῖπον: to speak to

περι-πλέκω: to embrace

φιλέω: to kiss

φίλευνος, η, ον: lusty

χεῖλος, ους, τό: lip

ὄζω: to smell (of [+gen.])

τρέμω: to tremble, quake, quiver

χειρ-αγωγέω: lead by the hand

ἐξ-αιρέω: to take out, off

κάρηνον, τό: head

στέφος, ους, τό: crown, wreath, garland

μωρός, ὁ: fool

δέω: to bind, tie, fetter

μέτωπον, τό: forehead

δῆθεν: from that time, since then

ἄχρι: up until, until

παύω: to make to end; (mid.) to cease from (gen.)

1 Ἀνακρέων: Anacreon was a 6th century lyric poet canonized as one of the 9 great lyric poets by the Hellenistic scholars of Alexandria. He was associated strongly with the symposium, revels, wine, Bacchus/Dionysus, and Eros/love, especially for young boys. For more, see Introduction.

2 ἰδών: aorist participle from ὁράω/εἶδον

3 (ὄναρ λέγω): (I tell of a dream). The events of this poem occur within a dream of the speaker.

4 κἀγὼ: crasis of καὶ ἐγὼ

δραμὼν: aor. nom. pple. from τρέχω (aor. ἔδραμον).

5 περιπλάκην: 1s aor. pass. from περιπλέκω, with middle/active sense

11 ὁ: the article is being used as a pronoun, cf. τὸ line 13.

καρήνου: from his head

14 ἄρας: nom. aor. pple from αἴρω. Object of this and the main verb is the στέφος

15 μετώπῳ: to my forehead