# Iambi 1.Fol. 4 verso

Callimachus, Iambi, Poem 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/callimachus/iambi/1.Fol.%204%20verso

τἀπὶ Κρόνου· τοῖς ἄντιτ’ ἄ[λλ]οτ’ [ἤλλαξεν, λέγουσι, καί κως [ο] ὐ[κ ὀ]νημέναις [ὀργαῖς δίκαιος ὁ [Ζεύ]ς, οὐ δίκα[ια] δ’ αἰσύμνων τῶν ἑρπετῶν [μ]ὲν ἐξέκοψε τὸ φθέ[γμα, γένος δὲ τοῦτ’ ἀ[νιγ]ρόν, ὥσπερ οὐ κάρτος ἡμέων ἐχόντων χἠτέροις ἀπάρξασθαι, [ἤμει]ψ’ ἐς ἀνδρῶν· καὶ κενὸς [φρ]ε[νῶν] δῆμος [πλεί]ω φιλόψου ψιττακοῦ λε[λήκασιν. οἱ [δὲ] τραγῳδοὶ τῶν θάλασσαν οἰ[κεύντων ἔχο[υ]σι φωνήν· οἱ δὲ πάντες [ὑμνῳδοὶ καὶ που[λ]ύμυθοι καὶ λάλοι πε[φύκασιν ἐκεῖθεν, ὠνδρόνικε, ταῦτα δ’ Α[ἴσω]πος ὁ Σαρδιην〈ὸ〉ς εἶπεν, ὅντιν’ οἱ Δελφοὶ ᾄδοντα μῦθον οὐ καλῶς ἐδέξαντο. . . . . . . . . ......... ἡ] ζοὴ μετέστραπται . . .

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Callimachus, Iambi, ed. A. W. Mair, G. R. Mair. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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