The Hymns of Pindar:

Pronounciation hints:

Long vowels and diphtongues:

At diphtongues the accent is on the second part, e.g.

Short vowels:

Short and long vowels:

You don't need to respect the length of a vowel when setting the text to music.

Composers, who knows the modern greek, may also use its pronounciation.

Prepositions, conjunctions, articles, pronomina and particles are printed in italics in the transcription.

They transport no sense so they should not be emphasized too much.