- Source
- Pindar. The Odes of Pindar. Sandys, John Edwin, editor. London: William Heinemann; Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1937 (reprint).
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- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:4.1-4.28
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-27
The poet prays to Zeus, asking him to receive the Olympic victory celebration for Psaumis of Camarina. He invokes the myth of Erginus, son of Clymenus, who overcame the insults of Lemnian women through actual trial, demonstrating that youthfulness or premature gray hair does not diminish true capability.
ἐλατὴρ ὑπέρτατε βροντᾶς ἀκαμαντόποδος Ζεῦ· τεαὶ γὰρ ὧραιὑπὸ ποικιλοφόρμιγγος ἀοιδᾶς1 ἑλισσόμεναί μʼ ἔπεμψανὑψηλοτάτων μάρτυρʼ ἀέθλων.
O supreme driver of the untiring-footed thunder, Zeus! For your Seasons, spinning to the song of the varied-sounding lyre, have sent me as a witness of the loftiest contests.
ξείνων δʼ εὖ πρασσόντων ἔσαναν2 αὐτίκʼ ἀγγελίανποτὶ γλυκεῖαν ἐσλοί.
And when friends prosper, the good are immediately cheered by the sweet news.
ἀλλʼ, ὦ Κρόνου παῖ, ὃς Αἴτναν ἔχεις,ἶπον3 ἀνεμόεσσαν ἑκατογκεφάλα Τυφῶνος ὀβρίμου,Οὐλυμπιονίκαν δέκευΧαρίτων ἕκατι τόνδε κῶμον,
But, O son of Cronus, who hold Etna, the windy weight of the mighty hundred-headed Typhon, receive, by favor of the Graces, this Olympic-victory revel,
χρονιώτατον φάος εὐρυσθενέων ἀρετᾶν. Ψαύμιος γὰρ ἵκειὀχέων,4 ὅς, ἐλαίᾳ στεφανωθεὶς Πισάτιδι, κῦδος ὄρσαι
as a long-lasting light for wide-ruling virtues. For it comes from the chariot of Psaumis, who, crowned with the olive of Pisa, hastens to raise glory for Camarina.
σπεύδει Καμαρίνᾳ. θεὸς εὔφρων
May the god be gracious to his remaining prayers;
εἴη λοιπαῖς εὐχαῖς· ἐπεί νιν αἰνέω μάλα μὲντροφαῖς ἑτοῖμον ἵππων,
since I praise him as very ready in the rearing of horses,
χαίροντά τε ξενίαις πανδόκοις
and rejoicing in hospitality that welcomes all,
καὶ πρὸς ἁσυχίαν φιλόπολιν καθαρᾷ γνώμᾳ τετραμμένον.
and turned with a pure mind toward city-loving peace.
οὐ ψεύδεϊ τέγξω λόγον·
I shall not stain my word with falsehood;
διάπειρά τοι βροτῶν ἔλεγχος·
trial, indeed, is the test of mortals;
ἅπερ Κλυμένοιο παῖδα
this it was that released the son of Clymenus
Λαμνιάδων γυναικῶν
from the dishonor
ἔλυσεν ἐξ ἀτιμίας.
of the Lemnian women.
χαλκέοισι δʼ ἐν ἔντεσι νικῶν δρόμον
And winning the race in bronze armor,
ἔειπεν Ὑψιπυλείᾳ μετὰ στέφανον ἰών·
as he went for the crown, he said to Hypsipyle:
οὗτος ἐγὼ ταχυτᾶτι·
’This is I in swiftness;
χεῖρες δὲ καὶ ἦτορ ἴσον.
and my hands and heart are equal.’
φύονται δὲ καὶ νέοις ἐν ἀνδράσινπολιαὶ θαμὰ καὶ παρὰ τὸν ἁλικίαςἐοικότα χρόνον.
And gray hairs often grow even on young men, even before the fitting time of life.
- 4.2ὑπὸ ποικιλοφόρμιγγος ἀοιδᾶς
The preposition ὑπό with genitive is used here to indicate accompaniment, meaning 'to the accompaniment of' or 'to the song of' the lyre.
- 4.4ἔσαναν
The aorist of σαίνω (originally 'to wag the tail' of a dog, here used as a gnomic aorist) is employed metaphorically to mean 'to welcome with joy' or 'to be cheered' by good news.
- 4.7ἶπον
A noun meaning 'press' or 'weight'. It is used here in apposition to describe Mount Etna as a heavy weight crushing the giant Typhon.
- 4.10Ψαύμιος γὰρ ἵκει ὀχέων
The subject of the verb ἵκει ('comes') is the previously mentioned κῶμος ('revel'). The phrase Ψαύμιος ὀχέων ('from the chariot of Psaumis') functions as a genitive of origin or separation.