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Epode 1

ἀρχαῖα: “From the beginning.”

ἅπαν δ᾽ εὑρόντος ἔργον: This has a proverbial ring. “All the work belongs to the inventor” (i. e. the credit for it all). Often quoted. Best commented by an epigram on Thespis: μυρίος αἰὼν πολλὰ προσευρήσει χἄτερα: τἀμὰ δ᾽ ἐμά (Schneidewin).


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