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Χορός
ἄγε νυν ἡμεῖς παίσωμεν ἅπερ νόμος ἐνθάδε ταῖσι γυναιξίν,
ὅταν ὄργια σεμνὰ θεοῖν ἱεραῖς ὥραις ἀνέχωμεν, ἅπερ καὶ
Χορός
Παύσων σέβεται καὶ νηστεύει,
950πολλάκις αὐτοῖν ἐκ τῶν ὡρῶν
ἐς τὰς ὥρας ξυνεπευχόμενος
τοιαῦτα μέλειν θάμ᾽ ἑαυτῷ.
ὅρμα χώρει:
κοῦφα ποσὶν ἄγ᾽ ἐς κύκλον,
955χειρὶ σύναπτε χεῖρα,
ῥυθμὸν χορείας ὕπαγε πᾶσα:
βαῖνε καρπαλίμοιν ποδοῖν.
ἐπισκοπεῖν δὲ πανταχῇ
κυκλοῦσαν ὄμμα χρὴ χοροῦ κατάστασιν.
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