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title: Fragments (Proem to Zeus)
author: Terpander of Lesbos
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# Fragments (Proem to Zeus)

**Author:** Terpander of Lesbos

**eul_wid:** `afc-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/terpander-fragments-afc-aa)

## Text

<!-- 1 -->ἀμφί μοι αὖτις ἄναχθʼ ἑκατηβόλον ἀειδέτω φρήν.  

<!-- 2 -->Ζεῦ πάντων ἀρχά, πάντων ἁγήτωρ,  

Ζεῦ σοὶ πέμπω ταύταν ὕμνων ἀρχάν.

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