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Original / primary: Perseus Grc2
16.1
Ἡ παῖς ᾤχετʼ ἄωρος ἐν ἑβδόμῳ ἥδʼ ἐνιαυτῷ
16.2
εἰς Ἀίδην πολλοῖς ἡλικίης προτέρη,
16.3
δειλαίη, ποθέουσα τὸν εἰκοσάμηνον ἀδελφόν,
16.4
νήπιον ἀστόργου γευσάμενον θανάτου.
16.5
αἰαῖ ἐλεινὰ παθοῦσα Περιστερί, ὡς ἐν ἑτοίμῳ
16.6
ἀνθρώποις δαίμων θῆκε τὰ λυγρότατα.

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