μηδ᾽ ἐν ἀχύροισιν εἰσενεχθῆναι τέχνῃ.
αὐταὶ βιάζονται γὰρ εἰσέλκουσί τε
τοὺς μὲν γέροντας ὄντας ἐπικαλούμεναι
πατρίδια, τοὺς δ᾽ ἀπφάρια, τοὺς νεωτέρους,
καὶ τῶνδ᾽ ἑκάστην ἔστιν ἀδεῶς, εὐτελῶς,
μεθ᾽ ἡμέραν, πρὸς ἑσπέραν, πάντας τρόπους:
ἃς δ᾽ οὔτ᾽ ἰδεῖν ἔστ᾽, οὔθ᾽ ὁρῶντ᾽ ἰδεῖν σαφῶς,
αἰεὶ δὲ τετρεμαίνοντα καὶ φοβούμενον..,
δεδιότα, ἐν τῇ χειρὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ἔχοντα.
ἃς πῶς ποτ᾽, ὦ δέσποινα ποντία Κύπρι,
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