Simonides, fragment 62 (PMG 567 Page) = Orph. 943 Bernabé
M = reading of the whole MS tradition
m = reading of part of the MS tradition
P = reading on a papyrus
τοῦ καὶ ἀπειρέσιοι
πωτῶντ’ ὄρνιθες ὑπὲρ κεφαλᾶς,
ἀνὰ δ’ ἰχθύες ὀρθοὶ
κυανέου ’ξ -εου ἐξ m: corr. edd. ὕδατος ἅλ-
λοντο καλᾶι σὺν ἀοιδαῖ. 5
Above his head innumerable birds flitted, and fish leapt straight out of the dark blue water at his beautiful song.
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