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εἰ δ’ ’Ορφέως μοι γλῶσσα καὶ μέλος παρῆν, | εἰ δ’ ’Ορφέως μοι γλῶσσα καὶ μέλος παρῆν, | ||
{{#lemma: ὥστ’ ἢ | ὥστ’ ἢ Reiske: ὡς τὴν | {{#lemma: ὥστ’ ἢ | ὥστ’ ἢ Reiske: ὡς τὴν M}} κόρην Δήμητρος ἢ κείνης πόσιν | ||
ὕμνοισι κηλήσαντά σ’ ἐξ Ἅιδου λαβεῖν, | ὕμνοισι κηλήσαντά σ’ ἐξ Ἅιδου λαβεῖν, | ||
κατῆλθον ἄν, καί μ’ οὔθ’ ὁ Πλούτωνος κύων {{#linenum: 360}} | κατῆλθον ἄν, καί μ’ οὔθ’ ὁ Πλούτωνος κύων {{#linenum: 360}} | ||
οὔθ’ οὑπὶ κώπηι ψυχοπομπὸς ἂν Χάρων | οὔθ’ οὑπὶ κώπηι ψυχοπομπὸς ἂν Χάρων | ||
{{#lemma: ἔσχ’ ἄν | ἔσχ’ ἄν Lenting: ἔσχον | {{#lemma: ἔσχ’ ἄν | ἔσχ’ ἄν Lenting: ἔσχον M}}, πρὶν ἐς φῶς σὸν καταστῆσαι βίον. | ||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
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εἰ δ’ ’Ορφέως μοι γλῶσσα καὶ μέλος παρῆν,
ὥστ’ ἢ ὥστ’ ἢ Reiske: ὡς τὴν M κόρην Δήμητρος ἢ κείνης πόσιν
ὕμνοισι κηλήσαντά σ’ ἐξ Ἅιδου λαβεῖν,
κατῆλθον ἄν, καί μ’ οὔθ’ ὁ Πλούτωνος κύων 360
οὔθ’ οὑπὶ κώπηι ψυχοπομπὸς ἂν Χάρων
ἔσχ’ ἄν ἔσχ’ ἄν Lenting: ἔσχον M, πρὶν ἐς φῶς σὸν καταστῆσαι βίον.
But if I had had the voice and music of Orpheus, so that, by bewitching the daughter of Demeter or her husband by my songs, I could lead you out of Hades, I would have descended, and neither the hound of Pluto, nor Charon at his oar, the transporter of souls, would have stopped me from bringing your life back to the light.
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