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    Bacchylides, Odes

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    Epinicians

    Ode 1 <*)argei=w| *kei=w| *paidi/ *pu/kth| *)/isqmia>

    klutophorminges D?[ios hu-
    psimedontos parthenoi
    ¯˘˘Pi]e?rides
    ¯¯]enuphai[˘˘¯¯
    5
    ¯˘˘]o?us hina k[¯
    ¯¯˘]gaias Isthmi[as
    ¯¯˘]n, euboulou n?[˘¯
    ¯˘gam]bron Nêre[os
    .˘..˘.¯.] nasoio t' eü-
    10
    ..˘..˘..] an, enth?[¯˘¯
    ...
    13
    ô Pelopos liparas
    nasou theodmatoi pulai
    1
    19
    ¯˘¯¯¯˘huph' har]m?asin hippous
    20
    hoi de p]e?t?onto .[˘¯¯
    ¯˘¯¯]essin an[drôn
    ¯˘˘¯˘]ton aut[¯
    ¯˘¯]allaisin[¯¯¯˘¯¯
    2
    47
    ˘˘¯¯¯]n? puk[in¯
    ˘˘¯¯]goi kor?[ai
    ¯˘˘¯]agorā
    50
    ¯¯]o? meliphronos hup?[nou
    ¯˘˘hamet[eran
    ¯¯˘ a?r]ch?a?ian polin
    ¯¯˘¯¯]g?oimen oi-
    kous ep']a?nd?êrois halos
    55
    hupo t' a]u?gais aeli?o?u
    3 ...
    72
    ¯˘˘¯]sagorai
    ¯¯Ma]k?elô de t[˘¯¯
    ¯˘phil]ālakatos,
    75
    ¯¯]d' ep' eunaê [poron
    ¯¯]a: prosphônei te nin
    ¯˘¯]sainous' opi:
    ˘˘¯¯m]en steromai
    ˘˘am]phakei duai
    80
    ¯˘˘¯p]eniai
    ¯¯˘˘¯].get[.] pampa[n
    ¯˘˘¯˘˘]a?s
    ¯¯˘¯¯¯]omoi
    4 ... ¯ ˘]aphthe[ ¯ ˘ × ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ¯
    . . s: tritatai me[˘ ¯ ¯
    hamerai Minôs ar[êio]s
    êluthen aioloprumnois
    115
    nausi pentêkonta sun Krêtôn homilôi:
    Dios eukleiou de Weka-
    ti bathuzônon koran
    Dexithean damasen:
    kai Woi lipen hêmisu laôn,
    120
    andras arêïphilous,
    toisin polukrêmnon chthona
    neimas apopleôn ôichet' es
    Knôson himertan polin
    basileus Eurôpiadas:
    125
    dekatôi d' Euxantion
    mêni te]k' euplok[amos
    numpha pher]ekude[ï nasôi
    ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯]pruta[nin
    dn
    ...
    138
    alla]xan thugatres
    5 pol[in ¯ ¯ ¯]n bathudei-
    140
    elon: [ek ta]s men genos
    eple[to karte]rocheir
    Argeios [˘ ¯ ˘] leontos
    thumo[n echôn], hopote
    chrei[os ti sum]boloi machas,
    145
    possi[n t' ela]phro[s, p]atriôn
    t' ouk [apoklaros k]alôn,
    tosa Pan[theidai kluto]to-
    xos Apo[llôn ôpase]n,
    amphi t' iatoriai
    150
    xeinôn te philanori timai:
    eu de lachôn Charitôn
    pollois te thaumastheis brotan
    aiôn' elusen, pente pai-
    das megainêtous lipôn.
    155
    tôn hena Woi Kronidas
    hupsizugos Isthmionikon
    thêken ant' euergesian, liparôn t' al-
    lôn stephanôn epimoiron.
    phami kai phasô megiston
    160
    kudos echein aretan, plou-
    tos de kai deiloisin anthrôpôn homilei,
    ethelei d' auxein phrenas an-
    dros: ho d' eu erdôn theous
    elpidi kudroterai
    165
    sainei kear: ei d' hugieias
    thnatos eôn elachen,
    zôein t' ap' oikeiôn echei,
    prôtois erizei: panti toi
    terpsis anthrôpôn biôi
    170
    hepetai nosphin ge nosôn
    penias t' amachanou.
    ison ho t' aphneos hi-
    meirei megalôn ho te meiôn
    6 pauroterôn: to de pan-
    175
    tôn eumarein ouden gluku
    thnatoisin, all' aiei ta pheu-
    gonta dizêntai kichein.
    hontina kouphotatai
    thumon doneousi merimnai,
    180
    hosson an zôêi lache tonde chronon ti-
    man: areta d' epimochthos
    men, te]leutatheisa d' orthôs
    andri k]ai eute thanêi lei-
    pei po]luzêlôton eukleias agalma.

    1 2 lines missing at têe end oph ant. 1, 2 at têe beginning oph ep. 1.

    2 str., ant. and epode 3 are echtremelps phragmentarps.

    3 6 lines at têe end oph ant. 3 and all oph epode 3 are lost.

    4  2 lines lost.

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    6 xolumn 2

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    OCLC: 38434387
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