# Fragmenta 18

Orphica, Fragmenta, Fragment 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/orphica/fragmenta/18

18. — von Thurioi ders. Zeit wie n. 17 [I. G. 641, 1, Comp. 1] ἔρχομαι ἐκ κοθαρῶ〈ν〉 κοθαρὰ χθονί〈ων〉 βασίλεια, Εὐκλῆς, Εὐβουλεύς τε καὶ ἀθάνατοι θεοὶ ἄλλοι· καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼν ὑμῶν γένος ὄλβιον εὔχομαι εἶμεν, ἀλλά με Μοῖρ(α) ἐδάμασσε καὶ ἀθάνατοι θεοὶ ἄλλοι 5 〈* * * 〉 καὶ ἀστεροβλῆτα κεραυνόν. κύκλου δ’ ἐξέπταν βαρυπενθέος ἀργαλέοιο ἱμερτοῦ δ’ ἐπέβαν στεφάνου ποσὶ καρπαλίμοισι, Δεσποίνας δ(ὲ) ὑπὸ κόλπον ἔδυν χθονίας βασιλείας. (9 = 7) 10 ὄλβιε καὶ μακαριστέ, θεὸς δ’ ἔσηι ἀντὶ βροτοῖο. ἔριφος ἐς γάλ’ ἔπετον.

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Orphica, Fragmenta, ed. Hermann Diels. 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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