Hail, O gods dwelling on Olympus,
and hail islands and continents parted by the briny sea!
Now Olympian Muses, sweet-voiced daughters of Zeus
the aegis-bearer, make the theme of your song
the immortal goddesses who shared the beds of mortals
and bore them children with divine looks.

u(mei=j me\n nu=n xai/ret', )Olu/mpia dw/mat' e)/xontej,
nh=soi/ t' h)/peiroi/ te kai\ a(lmuro\j e)/ndoqi po/ntoj.
nu=n de\ qea/wn fu=lon a)ei/sate, h(due/peiai
Mou=sai )Olumpia/dej, kou=rai Dio\j ai)gio/xoio,
o(/ssai dh\ qnhtoi=si par' a)ndra/sin eu)nhqei=sai
a)qa/natai gei/nanto qeoi=j e)piei/kela te/kna.