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Eros: Chorus from Euripides' Hippolytos
Staff Notation • Secular, Partsongs
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Eros: Chorus from Euripides' Hippolytos by Alfonso el Sabio — Lyrics
Eros, Eros, sweetly despoiling
human hearts with your passionate fire,
never, never may you invade me
with so destructive a flood of desire.
Mightier, mightier than any gleaming
starlight endlessly piercing night’s radiance,
stronger than torches that paint the dark with flame,
flies the fatal shaft of the Love God,
child of allseeing Zeus on Olympus
and Aphrodite: it strikes with deadly aim.
Vainly, vainly famous Olympia
and Delphi’s holy oracular shrine
richly, richly garner their harvest
of sacrifice and libations of wine:
O my country, why do you never
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About Eros: Chorus from Euripides' Hippolytos
Imagine a dramatic staged performance of Euripides' Hippolytos, where this stirring unison chorus would resound. Alfonso el Sabio’s setting captures the intensity of the ancient Greek text, sung here in English. The lyrics, a passionate plea against the overwhelming power of Eros, describe the god of love as a destructive force more potent than starlight or flame. The chorus laments that even the famous shrines of Olympia and Delphi receive less devotion than should be paid to Eros, the ruler of human hearts and companion to Aphrodite. This is a powerful dramatic moment, suitable for a choir seeking to explore potent classical themes.
