Greek Lyric
Ζόννυσσον ὠμήσταν. ἄ[γι]᾿ εὔνοον θῦμον σκέθοντες ἀμμετέρα[ς] ἄρας ἀκούσατ᾿, ἐκ δὲ τῶ[δ] ων 12ἀργαλέας τε φύγας ῤ[ύεσθε· τὸν ρραον δὲ πα[ῖδ]α πεδελθ κήνων Ἐ[ρίννυ]ς ὤς ποτ᾿ ἀπώμνυμεν τόμοντες ἄ . . [ .́ ] . . 16μηδάμα μηδ᾿ ἔνα τὼν ἐταίρων ἀλλ᾿ ἢ θάνοντες γᾶν ἐπιέμμενοι κείσεσθ᾿ ὐπ᾿ ἄνδρων οἲ τότ᾿ ἐπικ . .́ ἤπειτα κακκτάνοντες αὔτοις 20δᾶμον ὐπὲξ ἀχέων ῤύεσθαι. κήνων ὀ φύσγων οὐ διελέξατο πρὸς θῦμον ἀλλὰ βραϊδίως πόσιν ἔ]μβαις ἐπ᾿ ὀρκίοισι δάπτει 24τὰν πόλιν ἄμμι δ[ . ] . . [ . ] . ί . αις οὐ κὰν νόμον [ . ]ον . . [ ] .́ [ ] γλαύκας ἀ[ . ] . . [ . ] . . [ γεγρά . [ 28Μύρσι[ο
1 fort. -ραξα: ὄχθαις παρ᾿ Ἀ]ράξα Collart ὦ πότνι᾿ Ἦ]ρα, ᾶ<ι> Gallavotti 2 ὄρος] κὰτ Gallavotti 9 suppl. Lobel 12 supra ρ[ σ[άωτε v.l. ut vid. 15 ἄμφ[ possis: ἄμφ[εν᾿ = αὐχέν᾿ Lobel ἄμφ[αδον Diehl 18 ἐπικάνην (imperf.)? Voigt 19 ἤπ. = ἢ ἔπειτα 20 λύεσθαι sscr. .ρ. 24 [ολ]ίαις? Gallavotti130A P. Oxy. 2165 fr. 1 col. i 33–39 ii 1–8 + fr. 2 col. i
ἀχ[άσδημι κάκως. οὔτε γὰρ οἰ φίλοι] . . . . [ 3ο᾿ αὖ̣ος δ . [ ] . . ν·
Alcaeus
Come, with gracious spirit hear our prayer, and rescue us from these hardships and from grievous exile; and let their 4 Avenger pursue the son of Hyrrhas, since once we swore, cutting 5 . . . , never (to abandon?) any of our comrades, but either to die at the hands of men who at that time came against us and to lie clothed in earth, or else to kill them and rescue the people from their woes. But Pot-belly 6 did not talk to their 4 hearts; he recklessly trampled the oaths underfoot and devours our city . . . not lawfully . . . grey 7 . . . written(?) . . . Myrsilus 8 . . .
130A
I am wretchedly distressed, for neither my friends . . . nor (I?) myself . . . hollow(?) . . . heart(?)