Question to oracle of Didyma, with answer of oracle in
hexameters; 2; found at Ephesos: Keil, AAWW 82, 1945, 47-53;
*IEph 1252.
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IEph 1252
1 | [—]ος δέομαι δηλῶσαι, εἰ καὶ Ἔρω- |
[τι ἱδρύσωμαι ἐν] τ̣ῷ αἰθρίῳ βωμόν, ἕ̣τ̣ε̣ρ̣ο̣ν̣ | |
[δὲ ἔσω θεοῖς μεγ]άλοις | |
[—]ε[—] α̣ἰ̣θ̣έρα, ἔσω δὲ βωμὸν ἕτερον· | |
5 | [ἐπιθυμιᾶν ἀρώματα κ]αὶ μάνναν καὶ τὰ λοιπά |
[—] βιοτερπέος ἠοῦς | |
[—] ἀεὶ περὶ ἄ̣σ̣καλος αἰών | |
[—]ων νεῦμα βατίζεις | |
[—]οπα, τόφρα {α} μὲν οὐ χρή | |
10 | [—]υθ[—]ιμ[—] |
[—] χρόα ῥεῖνα θέρηται | |
[—]οσιν ἐξορέγονται |