ἓn ἀndrῶn, ἓn theῶn gέnos· ἐk miᾶs dὲ pnέomen
matrὸs ἀmphόteroi· dieίrgei dὲ pᾶsa kekrimέna
dύnamis, ὡs tὸ mὲn oὐdέn, ὁ dὲ chάlkeos ἀsphalὲs aἰὲn ἕdos
mέnei oὐranόs. ἀllά ti prosphέromen ἔmpan ἢ mέgan
nόon ἤtoi phύsin ἀthanάtois,
kaίper ἐphamerίan oὐk eἰdόtes oὐdὲ metὰ nύktas ἄmme pόtmos
oἵan tin' ἔgrapse drameῖn potὶ stάthman.

tekmaίrei kaί nyn ᾿Alkimίdas tὸ syngenὲs ἰdeῖn
ἄnchi karpophόrois ἀroύraisin, aἵt' ἀmeibόmenai
tόka mὲn ὦn bίon ἀndrάsin ἐpēetanὸn pedίōn ἔdosan,
tόka d' aὖt' ἀnapausάmenai sthέnos ἔmarpsan. ἦlthέ toi
Nemέas ἐx ἐratῶn ἀέthlōn
paῖs ἐnagώnios, ὃs taύtan methέpōn Diόthen aἶsan nῦn pέphantai
oὐk ἄmmoros ἀmphὶ pάlᾳ kynagέtas,

ἴchnesin ἐn Praxidάmantos ἑὸn pόda nέmōn
patropάtoros ὁmaimίu.
keῖnos gὰr ᾿Olympiόnikos ἐὼn Aἰakίdais
ἔrnea prῶtos ῞ἔneiken῞ ἀp' ᾿Alpheoῦ,
kaὶ pentάkis ᾿Isthmoῖ stephanōsάmenos,
nemέᾳ dὲ trίs,
ἔpause lάthan
Sōkleίda, ὃs ὑpέrtatos
῾Agēsimάchῳ yἱέōn gέneto.

ἐpeί oἱ treῖs ἀethlophόroi prὸs ἄkron ἀretᾶs
ἦlthon, oἵte pόnōn ἐgeύsanto. sὺn theoῦ dὲ tύchᾳ
ἕteron oὔ tina oἶkon ἀpephάnato pygmachίa ῞pleόnōn῞
tamίan stephάnōn mychῷ ῾Ellάdos ἁpάsas. ἔlpomai
mέga eἰpὼn skopoῦ ἄnta tycheῖn
ὥt' ἀpὸ tόxu ἱeίs· eὔthyn' ἐpὶ toῦton, ἄge, Moῖsa, oὖron ἐpέōn
eὐklέa. paroichomέnōn gὰr ἀnέrōn

ἀoidaὶ kaὶ lόgoi tὰ kalά sphin ἔrg' ἐkόmisan,
Bassίdaisin ἅ t' oὐ spanίzei· palaίphatos geneά,
ἴdia naustolέontes ἐpikώmia, Pierίdōn ἀrόtais
dynatoὶ parέchein polὺn ὕmnon ἀgerώchōn ἑrgmάtōn
ἕneken. kaὶ gὰr ἐn ἀgathέᾳ
cheῖras ἱmάnti detheὶs Pythῶni krάtēsen ἀpὸ taύtas aἷma pάtras
chrysalakάtu potὲ Kallίas ἁdὼn

ἔrnesi Latoῦs, parὰ Kastalίᾳ te Charίtōn
ἑspέrios ὁmάdῳ phlέgen·
pόntu te gέphyr' ἀkάmantos ἐn ἀmphiktiόnōn
taurophόnῳ trietērίdi Kreontίdan
tίmase Poseidάnion ἂn tέmenos·
botάna tέ nin
pόth' ἁ lέontos
nikάsant' ἤrephe daskίois
Phlioῦntos ὑp' ὠgygίois ὄresin.

plateῖai pάntothen logίoisin ἐntὶ prόsodoi
nᾶson eὐklέa tάnde kosmeῖn· ἐpeί sphin Aἰakίdai
ἔporon ἔxochon aἶsan ἀretὰs ἀpodeiknύmenoi megάlas·
pέtatai d' ἐpί te chthόna kaὶ diὰ thalάssas tēlόthen
ὄnym' aὐtῶn· kaὶ ἐs Aἰthίopas
Mέmnonos oὐk ἀponostήsantos ἐpᾶlto· barὺ dέ sphin neῖkos ᾿Achileὺs
ἔmpese chamaὶ katabὰs ἀph' ἁrmάtōn,

phaennᾶs yἱὸn eὖt' ἐnάrixen ᾿Aόos ἀkmᾷ
ἔncheos zakόtoio. kaὶ taύtan mὲn palaiόteroi
ὁdὸn ἀmaxitὸn eὗron· ἕpomai dὲ kaὶ aὐtὸs ἔchōn melέtan·
tὸ dὲ pὰr podὶ naὸs ἑlissόmenon aἰeὶ kymάtōn
lέgetai pantὶ mάlista doneῖn
thymόn. ἑkόnti d' ἐgὼ nώtῳ methέpōn dίdymon ἄchthos ἄngelos ἔban,
pέmpton ἐpὶ eἴkosi toῦto garύōn

eὖchos ἀgώnōn ἄpo, toὺs ἐnέpoisin ἱeroύs,
᾿Alkimίda, tέ g' ἐparkέsai
kleitᾷ geneᾷ· dύo mὲn Kronίu pὰr temέnei,
paῖ, sέ t' ἐnόsphise kaὶ Pulytimίdan
klᾶros propetὴs ἄnthe' ᾿Olympiάdos.
delphῖnί ken
tάchos di' ἅlmas
ἴson eἴpoimi Melēsίan,
cheirῶn te kaὶ ἰschύos ἁnίochon.