On his tongue they pour sweet dew, and from his mouth flow gentle words. — Hesiod
On his tongue they pour sweet dew, and from his mouth flow gentle words.
In the original Greek
τῷ μὲν ἐπὶ γλώσσῃ γλυκερὴν χείουσιν ἐέρσην, τοῦ δ᾽ ἔπε᾽ ἐκ στόματος ῥεῖ μείλιχα
Theogony · 700 BC
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Hesiod. "Theogony." Theogony and Works and Days, translated by M. L. West. Oxford University Press, 2009, l. 83.
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Hesiod. Θεογονία [Theogony]. c. 700 BC, l. 83.