The Golden Verses of Pythagoras · 37 of 122 · tr. Florence M. Firth
Section 13 (part 4)
Ἀλλὰ τί ἦ μοι ταῦτα περὶ δρῦν ἢ περὶ πέτρην; 35 Τύνη, Μουσάων ἀρχώμεθα, ταὶ Διὶ πατρὶ ὑμνεῦσαι τέρπουσι μέγαν νόον ἐντὸς Ὀλύμπου, εἰρεῦσαι τά τ᾽ ἐόντα τά τ᾽ ἐσσόμενα πρό τ᾽ ἐόντα, φωνῇ ὁμηρεῦσαι· τῶν δ᾽ ἀκάματος ῥέει αὐδὴ ἐκ στομάτων ἡδεῖα· γελᾷ δέ τε δώματα πατρὸς 40 Ζηνὸς ἐριγδούποιο θεᾶν ὀπὶ λειριοέσσῃ σκιδναμένῃ· ἠχεῖ δὲ κάρη νιφόεντος Ὀλύμπου δώματά τ᾽ ἀθανάτων.
Αἳ δ᾽ ἄμβροτον ὄσσαν ἱεῖσαι θεῶν γένος αἰδοῖον πρῶτον κλείουσιν ἀοιδῇ ἐξ ἀρχῆς, οὓς Γαῖα καὶ Οὐρανὸς εὐρὺς ἔτικτεν, 45 οἵ τ᾽ ἐκ τῶν ἐγένοντο θεοί, δωτῆρες ἐάων.
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