Ichneutae, The Oxyrhynchus papyri Part 9 1174, Sophocles, creator; Grenfell, Bernard P. (Bernard Pyne), 1869-1926, creator; Hunt, Arthur S. (Arthur Surridge), 1871-1934, creator; Grenfell, Bernard P. (Bernard Pyne), 1869-1926, editor; Hunt, Arthur S. (Arthur Surridge), 1871-1934, editor
δεινὸς κυκησμὸς εἶχ[ε τὸν βοη]λάτην.
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Σιληνός
τίνʼ αὖ τέχνην σὺ τήν[δʼ ἄρʼ ἐξ]ῆυρες, τίνʼ αὖ,
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πρόσπαιον ὧδε κεκλιμ[ένον] κυνηγετεῖν
πρὸς γῇ; τίς ὑμῶν ὁ τρόπος; οὐχὶ μανθάνω·
[ἐ]χῖνος ὥς τις ἐν λόχμῃ κεῖσαι πεσών,
[ἤ] τις πίθηκος κύβδα θυμαίνεις τινί.
[τ]ί ταῦτα; ποῦ γῆς ἐμάθετʼ ἐν πο[ί]ῳ τόπῳ;
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ς[η]μήνατʼ, οὐ γὰρ ἴδρις εἰμὶ τοῦ τρόπου.
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Χορός
ὕ [ὗ] ὕ ὗ.
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τ[ί τοῦτʼ ἰύζεις;] τίνα φοβῇ; τίνʼ εἰσορᾷς;
τ[ί δεῖμʼ ὄπωπ]ας; τί ποτε βακχεύεις ἔχων;
α[γχοῦ τις ἤχε]ι κέρχνος· ἱμείρει[ς] μαθεῖν
135
τ[ίς ἦν; τί σιγ]ᾶτʼ, ὦ πρ[ὸ τοῦ λαλίστ]ατοι;
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Χορός
ς[ίγα μὲν οὖν.]
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Σιληνός
τ[ίνʼ ἔστʼ ἐκεῖθε]ν ἁπονος[φίζ]εις ἔχων;
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Χορός
ἄ[κουε δή.
6
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Σιληνός
καλῶς ἀκούς[ω μηδεν]ὸς φωνὴν κλύων;
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Χορός
140
ἐμοὶ πιθοῦ.
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ἐμ[ὸν] δίω[γμά γʼ οὐδα]μῶς ὀνήσετε.
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Χορός
ἄκουσον αὖ τ[ο]ῦ χρ[ήμα]τ[ο]ς χρόνον τινά,
[ο]ἵῳ ʼκπ[λ]αγέντες ἐν[θάδʼ] ἐξενίσμεθα
ψόφῳ, τὸν οὐδε[ὶ]ς π[ώπο]τʼ ἤκουσεν βροτῶν.
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Σιληνός
145
τί μοι ψ[ό]φον; φοβ[εῖσθε] κα[ὶ] δειμαίνετε,
μάλθης ἄναγνα σώ[μα]τʼ ἐκμεμαγμένα
κάκιστα θηρῶν ὀντ[ες, ἐ]ν [π]άσῃ σκιᾷ
φόβον βλέποντες, πάν[τα] δειματούμενοι,
ἄνευρα κἀκόμιστα κἀνε[λε]ύθερα
150
διακονοῦντες, σώματʼ εἰ[ς]ιδ[ε]ῖν μόνον
κα[ὶ γ]λῶσσα κα[ὶ] φάλητες. εἰ δέ που δέῃ,
πιστοὶ λόγοισιν ὄντες ἔργα φεύγετε.
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