chrysέa phόrminx, ᾿Apόllōnos kaὶ ἰoplokάmōn
sύndikon Moisᾶn ktέanon· tᾶs ἀkoύei mὲn bάsis, ἀglaΐas ἀrchά,
peίthontai d' ἀoidoὶ sάmasin,
ἁgēsichόrōn ὁpόtan prooimίōn ἀmbolὰs teύchῃs ἐlelizomέna.
kaὶ tὸn aἰchmatὰn keraunὸn sbennύeis
ἀenάu pyrόs. eὕdei d' ἀnὰ skάptῳ Diὸs aἰetόs, ὠkeῖan ptέryg' ἀmphotέrōthen chalάxais,

ἀrchὸs oἰōnῶn, kelainῶpin d' ἐpί oἱ nephέlan
ἀnkύlῳ kratί, glephάrōn ἁdὺ klaΐstron, katέcheuas· ὁ dὲ knώssōn
ὑgrὸn nῶton aἰōreῖ, teaῖs
ῥipaῖsi kataschόmenos. kaὶ gὰr biatὰs ῎Arēs, tracheῖan ἄneuthe lipὼn
ἐnchέōn ἀkmάn, ἰaίnei kardίan
kώmati, kῆla dὲ kaὶ daimόnōn thέlgei phrέnas, ἀmphί te Latoίda sophίᾳ bathykόlpōn te Moisᾶn.

ὅssa dὲ mὴ pephίlēke Zeύs, ἀtύzontai boὰn
Pierίdōn ἀΐonta, gᾶn te kaὶ pόnton kat' ἀmaimάketon,
ὅs t' ἐn aἰnᾷ Tartάrῳ keῖtai, theῶn polέmios,
Typhὼs ἑkatontakάranos· tόn pote
Kilίkion thrέpsen polyώnymon ἄntron· nῦn ge mὰn
taί th' ὑpὲr Kύmas ἁlierkέes ὄchthai
Sikelίa t' aὐtoῦ piέzei stέrna lachnάenta· kίōn d' oὐranίa synέchei,
niphόess' Aἴtna, pάnetes chiόnos ὀxeίas tithήna·

tᾶs ἐreύgontai mὲn ἀplάtu pyrὸs ἁgnόtatai
ἐk mychῶn pagaί· potamoὶ d' ἁmέraisin mὲn prochέonti ῥόon kapnoῦ
aἴthōn'· ἀll' ἐn ὄrphnaisin pέtras
phoίnissa kylindomέna phlὸx ἐs batheῖan phέrei pόntu plάka sὺn patάgῳ.
keῖno d' ῾Aphaίstoio krunoὺs ἑrpetὸn
deinotάtus ἀnapέmpei· tέras mὲn thaumάsion prosidέsthai, thaῦma dὲ kaὶ pareόntōn ἀkoῦsai,

oἷon Aἴtnas ἐn melamphύllois dέdetai koryphaῖs
kaὶ pέdῳ, strōmnὰ dὲ charάssois' ἅpan nῶton potikeklimέnon kenteῖ.
eἴē, Zeῦ, tὶn eἴē ἁndάnein,
ὃs toῦt' ἐphέpeis ὄros, eὐkάrpoio gaίas mέtōpon, toῦ mὲn ἐpōnymίan
kleinὸs oἰkistὴr ἐkύdanen pόlin
geίtona, Pythiάdos d' ἐn drόmῳ kάryx ἀnέeipέ nin ἀngέllōn ῾Iέrōnos ὑpὲr kallinίku

ἅrmasi. nausiphorήtois d' ἀndrάsi prώta chάris
ἐs plόon ἀrchomέnois pompaῖon ἐltheῖn oὖron· ἐoikόta gὰr
kaὶ teleutᾷ phertέru nόstu tycheῖn. ὁ dὲ lόgos
taύtais ἐpὶ syntychίais dόxan phέrei
loipὸn ἔssesthai stephάnoisί ῞nin῞ ἵppois te klytὰn
kaὶ sὺn eὐphώnois thalίais ὀnymastάn.
Lύkie kaὶ Dάlu ἀnάssōn Phoῖbe, Parnassoῦ te krάnan Kastalίan philέōn,
ἐthelήsais taῦta nόῳ tithέmen eὔandrόn te chώran.

ἐk theῶn gὰr machanaὶ pᾶsai brotέais ἀretaῖs,
kaὶ sophoὶ kaὶ chersὶ biataὶ perίglōssoί t' ἔphyn. ἄndra d' ἐgὼ keῖnon
aἰnῆsai menoinῶn ἔlpomai
mὴ chalkopάrᾳon ἄkonth' ὡseίt' ἀgῶnos baleῖn ἔxō palάmᾳ donέōn,
makrὰ dὲ ῥίpsais ἀmeύsasth' ἀntίus·
eἰ gὰr ὁ pᾶs chrόnos ὄlbon mὲn oὕtō kaὶ kteάnōn dόsin eὐthύnoi, kamάtōn d' ἐpίlasin parάschoi.

ἦ ken ἀmnάseien, oἵais ἐn polέmoisi mάchais
tlάmoni psychᾷ parέmein', ἁnίch' eὑrίskonto theῶn palάmais timάn,
oἵan oὔtis ῾Ellάnōn drέpei,
ploύtu stephάnōm' ἀgέrōchon. nῦn ge mὰn tὰn Philoktήtao dίkan ἐphέpōn
ἐstrateύthē· sὺn d' ἀnάnkᾳ nin phίlon
kaί tis ἐὼn megalάnōr ἔsanen. phantὶ dὲ Lamnόthen ἕlkei teirόmenon metabάsontas ἐltheῖn

ἥrōas ἀntithέus Poίantos yἱὸn toxόtan·
ὃs Priάmoio pόlin pέrsen, teleύtasέn te pόnus Danaoῖs,
ἀstheneῖ mὲn chrōtὶ baίnōn, ἀllὰ moirίdion ἦn.
oὕtō d' ῾Iέrōni theὸs ὀrthōtὴr pέloi
tὸn prosέrponta chrόnon, ὧn ἔratai kairὸn didoύs.
Moῖsa, kaὶ pὰr Deinomέnei keladῆsai
pίtheό moi poinὰn tethrίppōn. chάrma d' oὐk ἀllόtrion nikaphorίa patέros.
ἄg' ἔpeit' Aἴtnas basileῖ phίlion ἐxeύrōmen ὕmnon·

tῷ pόlin keίnan theodmάtῳ sὺn ἐleutherίᾳ
῾Yllίdos stάthmas ῾Iέrōn ἐn nόmois ἔktiss'. ἐthέlonti dὲ Pamphύlu
kaὶ mὰn ῾Ērakleidᾶn ἔkgonoi
ὄchthais ὕpo Taÿgέtu naίontes aἰeὶ mέnein tethmoῖsin ἐn Aἰgimioῦ
Dōrieῖs. ἔschon d' ᾿Amύklas ὄlbioi,
Pindόthen ὀrnύmenoi, leukopώlōn Tyndaridᾶn bathύdoxoi geίtones, ὧn klέos ἄnthēsen aἰchmᾶs.

Zeῦ tέlei', aἰeὶ dὲ toiaύtan ᾿Amέna par' ὕdōr
aἶsan ἀstoῖs kaὶ basileῦsin diakrίnein ἔtymon lόgon ἀnthrώpōn,
sύn toi tίn ken ἁgētὴr ἀnήr,
yἱῷ t' ἐpitellόmenos, dᾶmon geraίrōn trάpoi sύmphōnon ἐs ἁsychίan.
lίssomai neῦson, Kronίōn, ἅmeron
ὄphra kat' oἶkon ὁ Phoίnix ὁ Tyrsanῶn t' ἀlalatὸs ἔchῃ, nausίstonon ὕbrin ἰdὼn tὰn prὸ Kύmas·

oἷa Syrakosίōn ἀrchῷ damasthέntes pάthon,
ὠkypόrōn ἀpὸ naῶn ὅ sphin ἐn pόntῳ bάleth' ἁlikίan,
῾Ellάd' ἐxέlkōn bareίas dulίas. ἀrέomai
pὰr mὲn Salamῖnos, ᾿Athanaίōn chάrin,
misthόn, ἐn Spάrtᾳ d' ἀpὸ tᾶn prὸ Kithairῶnos machᾶn,
taῖsi Mήdeioi kάmon ἀnkylόtoxoi,
parὰ dὲ tὰn eὔydron ἀktὰn ῾Imέra paίdessin ὕmnon Deinomέneus telέsais,
tὸn ἐdέxant' ἀmph' ἀretᾷ, polemίōn ἀndrῶn kamόntōn.

kairὸn eἰ phthέnxaio, pollῶn peίrata syntanύsais
ἐn bracheῖ, meίōn ἕpetai mῶmos ἀnthrώpōn. ἀpὸ gὰr kόros ἀmblύnei aἰanὴs tacheίas ἐlpίdas·
ἀstῶn d' ἀkoὰ krύphion thymὸn barύnei mάlist' ἐsloῖsin ἐp' ἀllotrίois.
ἀll' ὅmōs, krέssōn gὰr oἰktirmoῦ phthόnos,
mὴ parίei kalά. nώma dikaίῳ pēdalίῳ stratόn· ἀpseudeῖ dὲ prὸs ἄkmoni chάlkeue glῶssan.

eἴ ti kaὶ phlaῦron paraithύssei, mέga toi phέretai
pὰr sέthen. pollῶn tamίas ἐssί· polloὶ mάrtyres ἀmphotέrois pistoί.
eὐantheῖ d' ἐn ὀrgᾷ parmέnōn,
eἴper ti phileῖs ἀkoὰn ἁdeῖan aἰeὶ klύein, mὴ kάmne lίan dapάnais·
ἐxίei d' ὥsper kybernάtas ἀnὴr
ἱstίon ἀnemόen. mὴ dolōthῇs, ὦ phίlos, kέrdesin eὐtrάplois· ὀpithόmbroton aὔchēma dόxas

oἶon ἀpoichomέnōn ἀndrῶn dίaitan manύei
kaὶ logίois kaὶ ἀoidoῖs· oὐ phthίnei Kroίsu philόphrōn ἀretά·
tὸn dὲ taύrῳ chalkέῳ kautῆra nēlέa nόon
ἐchthrὰ Phάlarin katέchei pantᾷ phάtis,
oὐdέ nin phόrminges ὑpōrόphiai koinōnίan
malthakὰn paίdōn ὀάroisi dέkontai.
tὸ dὲ patheῖn eὖ prῶton ἄthlōn· eὖ d' ἀkoύein deutέra moῖr'· ἀmphotέroisi d' ἀnὴr
ὃs ἂn ἐnkύrsῃ, kaὶ ἕlῃ, stέphanon ὕpsiston dέdektai.