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Χορός
ἀμφί μοι Ἴλιον, ὦ
Μοῦσα, καινῶν ὕμνων
ἄεισον ἐν δακρύοις ᾠδὰν ἐπικήδειον:
515νῦν γὰρ μέλος ἐς Τροίαν ἰαχήσω,
τετραβάμονος ὡς ὑπ᾽ ἀπήνας
Ἀργείων ὀλόμαν τάλαινα δοριάλωτος,
ὅτ᾽ ἔλιπον ἵππον οὐράνια
520βρέμοντα χρυσεοφάλαρον ἔνο-
πλον ἐν πύλαις Ἀχαιοί:
ἀνὰ δ᾽ ἐβόασεν λεὼς
Τρῳάδος ἀπὸ πέτρας σταθείς:
Ἴτ᾽, ὦ πεπαυμένοι πόνων,
525τόδ᾽ ἱερὸν ἀνάγετε ξόανον
Ἰλιάδι Διογενεῖ κόρᾳ.
τίς οὐκ ἔβα νεανίδων,
τίς οὐ γεραιὸς ἐκ δόμων;
κεχαρμένοι δ᾽ ἀοιδαῖς
530δόλιον ἔσχον ἄταν.
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