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Βασιλεύς
δεῖ τοι βαθείας φροντίδος σωτηρίου,
δίκην κολυμβητῆρος, ἐς βυθὸν μολεῖν
δεδορκὸς ὄμμα, μηδ᾽ ἄγαν ᾠνωμένον,
410ὅπως ἄνατα ταῦτα πρῶτα μὲν πόλει,
αὐτοῖσί θ᾽ ἡμῖν ἐκτελευτήσει καλῶς,
καὶ μήτε δῆρις ῥυσίων ἐφάψεται
μήτ᾽ ἐν θεῶν ἕδραισιν ὧδ᾽ ἱδρυμένας
ἐκδόντες ὑμᾶς τὸν πανώλεθρον θεὸν
415βαρὺν ξύνοικον θησόμεσθ᾽ ἀλάστορα,
ὃς οὐδ᾽ ἐν Ἅιδου τὸν θανόντ᾽ ἐλευθεροῖ.
μῶν οὐ δοκεῖ δεῖν φροντίδος σωτηρίου;
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