Συντακτικὸς πρὸς τοὺς ἑταίρους.
Οἱ πάλαι τὴν λύραν κάμνοντες, εἴ ποτε γῆν ἐπʼ ἄλλην ἔσπευδον, οὐκ ἄφθογγον τὴν ἀποδημίαν ἐποίουν, ἀλλʼ ᾠδῇ καὶ μέλει τὸν χορὸν τὸν ἑαυτῶν ἀπησπάζοντο ...
Μὴ ἀπῳδὸν μέλος καὶ κούφην ᾠδήν ...
eul_wid: siy-an
Declamations and Orations: Oration 11 (Address to His Companions) by Himerius the Sophist
Only the opening survives of this leave-taking addressed to Himerius's companions on his own departure: a few lines recalling that lyre-players of old never set out for another land in silence, but took leave of their chorus with song.
Part of Declamations and Orations