Ion of Chios
Ἴων
(c490bc)
Translated by G. Theodoridis
© 2005
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(Ed 1)
Untamable child
Untamable child
with the look of a roaring bull.
A youth and yet not a youth.
Beautiful servant of noisy loves
of mind-spinning wine
Leader of men
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Let Us Wait!
(Ed 2)
Let us wait for the Morning Star
That fleets about through the air,
The Sun’s white winged forerunner.