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

tekmaίrei kaί nyn ᾿Alkimίdas tὸ syggenὲs ἰdeῖn
ἄgchi karpofόrois ἀroύraisin, aἵt' ἀmeivόmenai
tόka mὲn ὦn vίon ἀndrάsin ἐpīetanὸn pedίōn ἔdosan,
tόka d' aὖt' ἀnapaysάmenai sthέnos ἔmarpsan. ἦlthέ toi
Nemέas ἐx ἐratῶn ἀέthlōn
paῖs ἐnagώnios, ὃs taύtan methέpōn Diόthen aἶsan nῦn pέfantai
oὐk ἄmmoros ἀmfὶ pάlᾳ kynagέtas,

ἴchnesin ἐn Praxidάmantos ἑὸn pόda nέmōn
patropάtoros ὁmaimίoy.
keῖnos gὰr ᾿Olympiόnikos ἐὼn Aἰakίdais
ἔrnea prῶtos ῞ἔneiken῞ ἀp' ᾿Alfeoῦ,
kaὶ pentάkis ᾿Isthmoῖ stefanōsάmenos,
nemέᾳ dὲ trίs,
ἔpayse lάthan
Sōkleίda, ὃs ὑpέrtatos
῾Agīsimάchῳ yἱέōn gέneto.

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

ἀoidaὶ kaὶ lόgoi tὰ kalά sfin ἔrg' ἐkόmisan,
Vassίdaisin ἅ t' oὐ spanίzei· palaίfatos geneά,
ἴdia naystolέontes ἐpikώmia, Pierίdōn ἀrόtais
dynatoὶ parέchein polὺn ὕmnon ἀgerώchōn ἑrgmάtōn
ἕneken. kaὶ gὰr ἐn ἀgathέᾳ
cheῖras ἱmάnti detheὶs Pythῶni krάtīsen ἀpὸ taύtas aἷma pάtras
chrysalakάtoy potὲ Kallίas ἁdὼn

ἔrnesi Latoῦs, parὰ Kastalίᾳ te Charίtōn
ἑspέrios ὁmάdῳ flέgen·
pόntoy te gέfyr' ἀkάmantos ἐn ἀmfiktiόnōn
tayrofόnῳ trietīrίdi Kreontίdan
tίmase Poseidάnion ἂn tέmenos·
votάna tέ nin
pόth' ἁ lέontos
nikάsant' ἤrefe daskίois
Flioῦntos ὑp' ὠgygίois ὄresin.

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

faennᾶs yἱὸn eὖt' ἐnάrixen ᾿Aόos ἀkmᾷ
ἔgcheos 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 ἄggelos ἔvan,
pέmpton ἐpὶ eἴkosi toῦto garύōn

eὖchos ἀgώnōn ἄpo, toὺs ἐnέpoisin ἱeroύs,
᾿Alkimίda, tέ g' ἐparkέsai
kleitᾷ geneᾷ· dύo mὲn Kronίoy pὰr temέnei,
paῖ, sέ t' ἐnόsfise kaὶ Poylytimίdan
klᾶros propetὴs ἄnthe' ᾿Olympiάdos.
delfῖnί ken
tάchos di' ἅlmas
ἴson eἴpoimi Melīsίan,
cheirῶn te kaὶ ἰschύos ἁnίochon.