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Χορός
λόγῳ μὲν ἐξήκουσ᾽, ὄπωπα δ᾽ οὐ μάλα,
τὸν πελάταν λέκτρων ποτὲ τῶν Διὸς
680κατὰ δρομάδ᾽ ἄμπυκα δέσμιον ὡς ἔβαλεν παγκρατὴς Κρόνου παῖς:
ἄλλον δ᾽ οὔτιν᾽ ἔγωγ᾽ οἶδα κλύων οὐδ᾽ ἐσιδὼν μοίρᾳ
τοῦδ᾽ ἐχθίονι συντυχόντα
θνατῶν, ὃς οὔτ᾽ ἔρξας τιν᾽ οὔ τι νοσφίσας,
685ἀλλ᾽ ἴσος ὢν ἴσοις ἀνήρ,
ὤλλυθ᾽ ὧδ᾽ ἀναξίως.
τόδε τοι θαῦμά μ᾽ ἔχει,
πῶς ποτε πῶς ποτ᾽ ἀμφιπλάκτων ῥοθίων μόνος κλύων,
690πῶς ἄρα πανδάκρυτον οὕτω βιοτὰν κατέσχεν:
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