Sophocles, Ichneutae (ed. Arthur S. Hunt)
Choros
Editions and translations: Greek (ed. Arthur S. Hunt) | English (ed. Anne Mahoney)
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Choros
[ho Z]eus gar ]
Kullênê
[ho] pais klo[p
Choros
[ei] toi ponê[ra drai, ponêros ôn kurei.
Kullênê
[k]akôs akou[ein ou prepei Dios gonôi.
Choros
[e]i d' est' alê[thê, chrê me kai legein tade.
Kullênê
[o]u mê tad' [eipêis
about 8 lines of which we have only the initial letters
Kullênê
pou kai boes nemousi t[
Choros
p[l]eious de g' êdê nun [
Kullênê
t[i]s, ô ponêr', echei; ti ple[
Choros
ho pais hos endon estin enkeklê[imenos.
Kullênê
[to]n paida pausai tou Dios [ kakôs legôn.
Choros
p[a]uoim[' a]n [, ei] tas bous tis e[xelan theloi.
Kullênê
êdê me pnigeis kai su cha[i boes sethen.
Choros
[ ... ]leisep[ ... ]u[ ... e]xelaun[
one whole column is missing, perhaps more
Choros
iou iou [
hên t' ephê p[
houtos ou ph[
Silênos
ô L[oxia
iô d[
Choros
ô Loxia, de[
kai parê[
tôn [b]oô[n
Apollôn
[ ... ]nu[
e[ ... ]ei[
bo[
opo[
pr[
misths [
eleuthero[
Silênos
ton eg[
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This text is based on the following book(s): Sophocles. Oxyrhynchus Papyri, part 9, number 1174. Arthur S. Hunt. London. Egypt Exploration Fund. 1912.
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