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Κυλλήνη
θῆρες, τί [τό]νδε χλοερὸν ὑλώδη πάγον
ἔν[θ]ηρον ὡρμήθητε σὺν πολλῇ βοῇ;
τίς ἥδε τέχνη; τίς μετάστασις πόνων,
οὓς πρόσθεν εἶχες δεσπότῃ χάριν φέρων,
225ὑμεῖν ὃς αἰεὶ νεβρίνῃ καθημμέν[ο]ς
δορᾷ χερ[ο]ῖν τε θύρσ[ο]ν εὐπαλῆ φέρων
ὄπισθεν εὐίαζετ᾽ ἀμφὶ τὸν θεὸν
σὺν ἐγγόνοις νύμφαισι καὶ π<αί>δων ὄχλῳ;
νῦν δ᾽ ἀγνοῶ τὸ χρῆμα: ποῖ στροφαὶ νέων
230μανιῶν στρέφουσι; θαῦμα γὰρ κατέκλ[υ]ον
ὁμοῦ πρέπον κέλευμά πως κυνηγετ[ῶ]ν
ἐγγὺς μολόντων θηρὸς εὐναί[ου] τρο[φ]ῆς,
ὁμοῦ δ᾽ ἂν αὖτι[ς ... ] ... αι φωρ[ ...
γλώσσης ἐτεινε[τ᾽ ε]ἰς κλοπὴν [ ... ]έναι:
235αὖτις δ᾽ α[ ... ]τ[ ... ] ... μενων [ ... ]α
κηρυκ[ ... ] ... ι[ ... ] κηρυγμα [
καὶ τ[α]ῦτ᾽ ἀφεῖσα σὺν ποδῶν λακ[τίσμασι
[κ]ληδὼν ὁμοῦ πάμφυρ[τ]᾽ ἐγειτν[ία στέγῃ]
[καὶ] ταῦτ᾽ ἂν ἄλλως ἢ κλ[ ... ]μ[
240[φων]ῶν ἀκο[ύ]σασ᾽ ὧδε παραπεπαισμέν[ων
... φ& λσθβ; ... ]η[ ... ] νων ὑμᾶς νοσεῖν
νο[ς ... τί νύμφη]ν ἔτι ποε̂ιτ᾽ ἀναιτίαν;
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Sophocles. Oxyrhynchus Papyri, part 9, number 1174. Arthur S. Hunt. London. Egypt Exploration Fund. 1912.
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