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Central Greece Euboea, Agios Dimitrios Acritic Song
A Nun With Child (The Song of Porphyris)
Καλογριά γκαστρώθηκε A nun swelled up with child and bore a manly boy. Within a month he was carrying a sword, within a year a musket and at thr...
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Cappadocia / Konya Anakou Acritic Song
A Widow Bore a Child (The Song of Porphyris)
Χήρα-ν παιδίν εγέννησε A widow bore a child and called him Prosfylis, she bore him behind bars, she suckled him in a prison. Aged one, he took up ...
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Thrace Acritic Song, Wedding Song
A Young and Gallant Soldier
Ένας άγουρος κι ένας καλός στρατιώτης A young and gallant soldier Sought a citadel, a citadel. He sought a citadel, a village to stop at. He found none, no citade...
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Thrace Evros, Paliouri Acritic Song
A Young Lad (A Soldier and a Tree)
Στρατιώτης και δεντρί A young man, a fine young lad went off in search of a castle, Greek lass of mine. And though he found no castles and no vil...
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Pontus Acritic Song
Akritas Goes Hunting (The Death of Digenis)
Ακρίτας πάει και σο κυνήγ' Out hunting, on the way to the hunting grounds, Akritas met Charon at a crossroads. - Charon, what've you got against me th...
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Pontus Fable Song (Ballad), Acritic Song
Amarandos Goes to War (Marandon)
Ο Μάραντον Amarandos has received the order to go to war. He forges horseshoes of silver and nails of gold, He shoes his black steed b...
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Pontus Acritic Song
An Eagle Soared
Αϊτέντς επαραπέτανεν An eagle soared high in the sky, high in the heavens with its bloody red jaws and its soot black crown and clutching a brav...
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Dodecanese Karpathos, Olympos Acritic Song
Andrónikos and His Black Steed
Άρκοντες τρων και πίνουσι The nobles sit to eat and drink around a marble table, a marble and a silver table, around a golden table, and all do only ...
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Dodecanese Karpathos, Olympos Acritic Song
Andronikos and the Princess
Ο Ανδρόνικος και η ρήγισσα Famed Andronikos, who was born and raised in riches, started school on the 6th of the month and could read by the 7th. By t...
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Eastern Aegean Lemnos Acritic Song
By Command of the King (The Song of Porphyris)
Ο βασιλιάς διάταξε The king commanded every fair maid and every brave lad in every vilayet to gather before him. And when the fair maids and ...
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Crete Cretan Rizitiko Acritic Song
Charon and the Brave Men (The Death of Digenis)
Ο Χάροντας και οι αντρειωμένοι My friends, what happened to all the brave men in the world? They're not on the mountains and they're not in the passes. Th...
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Cyprus Acritic Song
Charon Wore Black (The Death of Digenis)
Ο Χάρος μαύρα φόρησεν Charon wore black and rode his black horse, he donned his scary black garments and set out for the feast. At the edge of th...
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Thrace Acritic Song
Digenes Is Dying (The Death of Digenis)
Ο Διγενής ψυχομαχάει Digenes, Digenes is giving up the ghost, my eyes, Digenes is dying my eyes are black, Digenes is dying. All the lords on l...
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Pontus Acritic Song
Digenes Rescues His Beloved
Ακρίτας όνταν έλαμνεν Akritas laboured down by the river, Coming and going he laboured, tracing five furrows, Coming and going he sowed nine meas...
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Thrace Acritic Song
Digenis Is Dying (The Death of Digenis)
Ο Διγενής ψυχομαχάει Digenis is dying and the mountains are trembling, and all the lords that heard it set out to visit him, they set out, bring...
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Crete Cretan Rizitiko Acritic Song
I Saw Some Black Smoke
Μαύρο καπνό είδα κι έβγαινε I saw some black smoke rise up out of the reeds; The reeds are numberless and a monster hides in them. Three huntsmen have ...

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