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πυρᾶς δ’ ἐπ’ αὐτῆς οἶν μελάγχιμον πόκῳ
σφάγιον ἐσεῖδον αἷμά τ’ οὐ πάλαι χυθὲν
ξανθῆς τε χαίτης βοστρύχους κεκαρμένους.

And on the pyre itself I saw a sheep with black fleece as a sacrifice and blood recently poured and shorn locks of blond hair.