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Ἄγγελος
ὦ γῆς ἁπάσης Ἀσιάδος πολίσματα,
250ὦ Περσὶς αἶα καὶ πολὺς πλούτου λιμήν,
ὡς ἐν μιᾷ πληγῇ κατέφθαρται πολὺς
ὄλβος, τὸ Περσῶν δ᾽ ἄνθος οἴχεται πεσόν.
ὤμοι, κακὸν μὲν πρῶτον ἀγγέλλειν κακά:
ὅμως δ᾽ ἀνάγκη πᾶν ἀναπτύξαι πάθος,
255Πέρσαι: στρατὸς γὰρ πᾶς ὄλωλε βαρβάρων.
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