chrysέa fόrmigx, ᾿Apόllōnos kaὶ ἰoplokάmōn
sύndikon Moisᾶn ktέanon· tᾶs ἀkoύei mὲn vάsis, ἀglaΐas ἀrchά,
peίthontai d' ἀoidoὶ sάmasin,
ἁgīsichόrōn ὁpόtan prooimίōn ἀmvolὰs teύchῃs ἐlelizomέna.
kaὶ tὸn aἰchmatὰn keraynὸn svennύeis
ἀenάoy pyrόs. eὕdei d' ἀnὰ skάptῳ Diὸs aἰetόs, ὠkeῖan ptέryg' ἀmfotέrōthen chalάxais,

ἀrchὸs oἰōnῶn, kelainῶpin d' ἐpί oἱ nefέlan
ἀgkύlῳ kratί, glefάrōn ἁdὺ klaΐstron, katέcheyas· ὁ dὲ knώssōn
ὑgrὸn nῶton aἰōreῖ, teaῖs
ῥipaῖsi kataschόmenos. kaὶ gὰr viatὰs ῎Arīs, tracheῖan ἄneythe lipὼn
ἐgchέōn ἀkmάn, ἰaίnei kardίan
kώmati, kῆla dὲ kaὶ daimόnōn thέlgei frέnas, ἀmfί te Latoίda sofίᾳ vathykόlpōn te Moisᾶn.

ὅssa dὲ mὴ pefίlīke Zeύs, ἀtύzontai voὰn
Pierίdōn ἀΐonta, gᾶn te kaὶ pόnton kat' ἀmaimάketon,
ὅs t' ἐn aἰnᾷ Tartάrῳ keῖtai, theῶn polέmios,
Tyfὼs 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,
nifόess' Aἴtna, pάnetes chiόnos ὀxeίas tithήna·

tᾶs ἐreύgontai mὲn ἀplάtoy pyrὸs ἁgnόtatai
ἐk mychῶn pagaί· potamoὶ d' ἁmέraisin mὲn prochέonti ῥόon kapnoῦ
aἴthōn'· ἀll' ἐn ὄrfnaisin pέtras
foίnissa kylindomέna flὸx ἐs vatheῖan fέrei pόntoy plάka sὺn patάgῳ.
keῖno d' ῾Afaίstoio kroynoὺs ἑrpetὸn
deinotάtoys ἀnapέmpei· tέras mὲn thaymάsion prosidέsthai, thaῦma dὲ kaὶ pareόntōn ἀkoῦsai,

oἷon Aἴtnas ἐn melamfύllois dέdetai koryfaῖs
kaὶ pέdῳ, strōmnὰ dὲ charάssois' ἅpan nῶton potikeklimέnon kenteῖ.
eἴī, Zeῦ, tὶn eἴī ἁndάnein,
ὃs toῦt' ἐfέpeis ὄros, eὐkάrpoio gaίas mέtōpon, toῦ mὲn ἐpōnymίan
kleinὸs oἰkistὴr ἐkύdanen pόlin
geίtona, Pythiάdos d' ἐn drόmῳ kάryx ἀnέeipέ nin ἀggέllōn ῾Iέrōnos ὑpὲr kallinίkoy

ἅrmasi. naysiforήtois d' ἀndrάsi prώta chάris
ἐs plόon ἀrchomέnois pompaῖon ἐltheῖn oὖron· ἐoikόta gὰr
kaὶ teleytᾷ fertέroy nόstoy tycheῖn. ὁ dὲ lόgos
taύtais ἐpὶ syntychίais dόxan fέrei
loipὸn ἔssesthai stefάnoisί ῞nin῞ ἵppois te klytὰn
kaὶ sὺn eὐfώnois thalίais ὀnymastάn.
Lύkie kaὶ Dάloy ἀnάssōn Foῖve, Parnassoῦ te krάnan Kastalίan filέōn,
ἐthelήsais taῦta nόῳ tithέmen eὔandrόn te chώran.

ἐk theῶn gὰr machanaὶ pᾶsai vrotέais ἀretaῖs,
kaὶ sofoὶ kaὶ chersὶ viataὶ perίglōssoί t' ἔfyn. ἄndra d' ἐgὼ keῖnon
aἰnῆsai menoinῶn ἔlpomai
mὴ chalkopάrᾳon ἄkonth' ὡseίt' ἀgῶnos valeῖn ἔxō palάmᾳ donέōn,
makrὰ dὲ ῥίpsais ἀmeύsasth' ἀntίoys·
eἰ gὰr ὁ pᾶs chrόnos ὄlvon 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,
ploύtoy stefάnōm' ἀgέrōchon. nῦn ge mὰn tὰn Filoktήtao dίkan ἐfέpōn
ἐstrateύthī· sὺn d' ἀnάgkᾳ nin fίlon
kaί tis ἐὼn megalάnōr ἔsanen. fantὶ dὲ Lamnόthen ἕlkei teirόmenon metavάsontas ἐltheῖn

ἥrōas ἀntithέoys Poίantos yἱὸn toxόtan·
ὃs Priάmoio pόlin pέrsen, teleύtasέn te pόnoys Danaoῖs,
ἀstheneῖ mὲn chrōtὶ vaίnōn, 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 nikaforίa patέros.
ἄg' ἔpeit' Aἴtnas vasileῖ fίlion ἐxeύrōmen ὕmnon·

tῷ pόlin keίnan theodmάtῳ sὺn ἐleytherίᾳ
῾Yllίdos stάthmas ῾Iέrōn ἐn nόmois ἔktiss'. ἐthέlonti dὲ Pamfύloy
kaὶ mὰn ῾Īrakleidᾶn ἔkgonoi
ὄchthais ὕpo Taÿgέtoy naίontes aἰeὶ mέnein tethmoῖsin ἐn Aἰgimioῦ
Dōrieῖs. ἔschon d' ᾿Amύklas ὄlvioi,
Pindόthen ὀrnύmenoi, leykopώlōn Tyndaridᾶn vathύdoxoi geίtones, ὧn klέos ἄnthīsen aἰchmᾶs.

Zeῦ tέlei', aἰeὶ dὲ toiaύtan ᾿Amέna par' ὕdōr
aἶsan ἀstoῖs kaὶ vasileῦsin diakrίnein ἔtymon lόgon ἀnthrώpōn,
sύn toi tίn ken ἁgītὴr ἀnήr,
yἱῷ t' ἐpitellόmenos, dᾶmon geraίrōn trάpoi sύmfōnon ἐs ἁsychίan.
lίssomai neῦson, Kronίōn, ἅmeron
ὄfra kat' oἶkon ὁ Foίnix ὁ Tyrsanῶn t' ἀlalatὸs ἔchῃ, naysίstonon ὕvrin ἰdὼn tὰn prὸ Kύmas·

oἷa Syrakosίōn ἀrchῷ damasthέntes pάthon,
ὠkypόrōn ἀpὸ naῶn ὅ sfin ἐn pόntῳ vάleth' ἁlikίan,
῾Ellάd' ἐxέlkōn vareίas doylίas. ἀrέomai
pὰr mὲn Salamῖnos, ᾿Athanaίōn chάrin,
misthόn, ἐn Spάrtᾳ d' ἀpὸ tᾶn prὸ Kithairῶnos machᾶn,
taῖsi Mήdeioi kάmon ἀgkylόtoxoi,
parὰ dὲ tὰn eὔydron ἀktὰn ῾Imέra paίdessin ὕmnon Deinomέneys telέsais,
tὸn ἐdέxant' ἀmf' ἀretᾷ, polemίōn ἀndrῶn kamόntōn.

kairὸn eἰ fthέgxaio, pollῶn peίrata syntanύsais
ἐn vracheῖ, meίōn ἕpetai mῶmos ἀnthrώpōn. ἀpὸ gὰr kόros ἀmvlύnei aἰanὴs tacheίas ἐlpίdas·
ἀstῶn d' ἀkoὰ krύfion thymὸn varύnei mάlist' ἐsloῖsin ἐp' ἀllotrίois.
ἀll' ὅmōs, krέssōn gὰr oἰktirmoῦ fthόnos,
mὴ parίei kalά. nώma dikaίῳ pīdalίῳ stratόn· ἀpseydeῖ dὲ prὸs ἄkmoni chάlkeye glῶssan.

eἴ ti kaὶ flaῦron paraithύssei, mέga toi fέretai
pὰr sέthen. pollῶn tamίas ἐssί· polloὶ mάrtyres ἀmfotέrois pistoί.
eὐantheῖ d' ἐn ὀrgᾷ parmέnōn,
eἴper ti fileῖs ἀkoὰn ἁdeῖan aἰeὶ klύein, mὴ kάmne lίan dapάnais·
ἐxίei d' ὥsper kyvernάtas ἀnὴr
ἱstίon ἀnemόen. mὴ dolōthῇs, ὦ fίlos, kέrdesin eὐtrάplois· ὀpithόmvroton aὔchīma dόxas

oἶon ἀpoichomέnōn ἀndrῶn dίaitan manύei
kaὶ logίois kaὶ ἀoidoῖs· oὐ fthίnei Kroίsoy filόfrōn ἀretά·
tὸn dὲ taύrῳ chalkέῳ kaytῆra nīlέa nόon
ἐchthrὰ Fάlarin katέchei pantᾷ fάtis,
oὐdέ nin fόrmigges ὑpōrόfiai koinōnίan
malthakὰn paίdōn ὀάroisi dέkontai.
tὸ dὲ patheῖn eὖ prῶton ἄthlōn· eὖ d' ἀkoύein deytέra moῖr'· ἀmfotέroisi d' ἀnὴr
ὃs ἂn ἐgkύrsῃ, kaὶ ἕlῃ, stέfanon ὕpsiston dέdektai.