§6.1χρυσέας ὑποστάσαντες εὐτειχεῖ προθύρῳ θαλάμου §6.2κίονας, ὡς ὅτε θαητὸν μέγαρον §6.3πάξομεν· ἀρχομένου δʼ ἔργου πρόσωπον §6.4χρὴ θέμεν τηλαυγές.
Setting up golden pillars for the well-walled vestibule of our chamber, as when we build a spectacular hall, we shall construct it; for at the beginning of a work, we must make its face shine from afar.
εἰ δʼ εἴη μὲν Ὀλυμπιονίκας, §6.5βωμῷ τε μαντείῳ ταμίας Διὸς ἐν Πίσᾳ, §6.6συνοικιστήρ τε τᾶν κλεινᾶν Συρακοσσᾶν· τίνα κεν φύγοι ὕμνον §6.7κεῖνος ἀνήρ, ἐπικύρσαις ἀφθόνων ἀστῶν ἐν ἱμερταῖς ἀοιδαῖς;
And if one should be an Olympic victor, and a steward of the prophetic altar of Zeus at Pisa, and a co-founder of famous Syracuse, what hymn of praise could that man escape, meeting with envious-free citizens in lovely songs?
For let the son of Sostratus know that he has his divine foot in this sandal.
ἀκίνδυνοι δʼ ἀρεταὶ §6.10οὔτε παρʼ ἀνδράσιν οὔτʼ ἐν ναυσὶ κοίλαις §6.11τίμιαι· πολλοὶ δὲ μέμνανται, καλὸν εἴ τι ποναθῇ.
But virtues without danger are honored neither among men nor in hollow ships; yet many remember if any noble deed is wrought with labor.
§6.12Ἁγησία, τὶν δʼ αἶνος ἑτοῖμος, ὃν ἐν δίκᾳ §6.13ἀπὸ γλώσσας Ἄδραστος μάντιν Οἰκλείδαν ποτʼ ἐς Ἀμφιάρηον §6.14φθέγξατʼ, ἐπεὶ κατὰ γαῖʼ αὐτόν τέ νιν καὶ φαιδίμας ἵππους ἔμαρψεν.
Hagesias, for you that praise is ready, which in justice Adrastus once uttered from his tongue concerning the seer Amphiaraus, son of Oecles, when the earth swallowed him up and his shining horses.
§6.15ἑπτὰ δʼ ἔπειτα πυρᾶν νεκρῶν τελεσθεισᾶν Ταλαϊονίδας §6.16εἶπεν ἐν Θήβαισι τοιοῦτόν τι ἔπος· ποθέω στρατιᾶς ὀφθαλμὸν ἐμᾶς, §6.17ἀμφότερον μάντιν τʼ ἀγαθὸν καὶ δουρὶ μάρνασθαι. τὸ καὶ §6.18ἀνδρὶ κώμου δεσπότᾳ πάρεστι Συρακοσίῳ.
And after the seven pyres of the dead were consumed, the son of Talaus spoke in Thebes some such word: "I yearn for the eye of my army, who was both a good seer and excellent at fighting with the spear." This also belongs to the man who is the master of this revel, the Syracusan.
§6.19οὔτε δύσηρις ἐὼν οὔτʼ ὦν φιλόνικος ἄγαν, §6.20καὶ μέγαν ὅρκον ὀμόσσαις τοῦτό γέ οἱ σαφέως §6.21μαρτυρήσω· μελίφθογγοι δʼ ἐπιτρέψοντι Μοῖσαι.
Being neither contentious nor overly fond of victory, and having sworn a great oath, this at least clearly for him I will witness; and the sweet-voiced Muses will permit it.
§6.22ὦ Φίντις, ἀλλὰ ζεῦξον ἤδη μοι σθένος ἡμιόνων, §6.23ᾇ τάχος, ὄφρα κελεύθῳ τʼ ἐν καθαρᾷ §6.24βάσομεν ὄκχον, ἵκωμαί τε πρὸς ἀνδρῶν §6.25καὶ γένος· κεῖναι γὰρ ἐξ ἀλλᾶν ὁδὸν ἁγεμονεῦσαι §6.26ταύταν ἐπίστανται, στεφάνους ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ §6.27ἐπεὶ δέξαντο·
O Phintis, yoke now for me the strength of the mules, with all speed, so that on a clear path we may drive our chariot, and I may reach the men and their lineage; for they, beyond all others, know how to lead along this way, since they received crowns at Olympia.
χρὴ τοίνυν πύλας ὕμνων ἀναπίτναμεν αὐταῖς·
Therefore we must open wide the gates of hymns for them.
§6.28πρός Πιτάναν δὲ παρʼ Εὐρώτα πόρον δεῖ σάμερόν μʼ ἐλθεῖν ἐν ὥρᾳ· §6.29ἅ τοι Ποσειδάωνι μιχθεῖσα Κρονίῳ λέγεται §6.30παῖδα ἰόπλοκον Εὐάδναν τεκέμεν.
And to Pitane, by the ford of Eurotas, I must go today in good time; she, indeed, having mingled with Poseidon, son of Cronus, is said to have given birth to the violet-haired child Evadne.
§6.31κρύψε δὲ παρθενίαν ὠδῖνα κόλποις· §6.32κυρίῳ δʼ ἐν μηνὶ πέμποισʼ ἀμφιπόλους ἐκέλευσεν §6.33ἥρωι πορσαίνειν δόμεν Εἰλατίδᾳ βρέφος, §6.34ὃς ἀνδρῶν Ἀρκάδων ἄνασσε Φαισάνᾳ λάχε τʼ Ἀλφεὸν οἰκεῖν·
And she concealed her maidenly birth-pangs in the folds of her dress; but in the appointed month, sending her handmaidens, she ordered them to give the babe to the hero, son of Elatus, to nurture, who ruled over Arcadian men at Phaisana and had obtained by lot to dwell on the Alpheus.
§6.35ἔνθα τραφεῖσʼ ὑπʼ Ἀπόλλωνι γλυκείας πρῶτον ἔψαυσʼ Ἀφροδίτας.
There she was reared, and under Apollo she first touched sweet Aphrodite.
§6.36οὐδʼ ἔλαθʼ Αἴπυτον ἐν παντὶ χρόνῳ κλέπτοισα θεοῖο γόνον.
Nor did she escape the notice of Aepytus in keeping secret all the time the offspring of the god.
§6.37ἀλλʼ ὁ μὲν Πυθώναδʼ, ἐν θυμῷ πιέσαις χόλον οὐ φατὸν ὀξείᾳ μελέτᾳ, §6.38ᾤχετʼ ἰὼν μαντευσόμενος ταύτας περʼ ἀτλάτου πάθας.
But he, pressing down in his heart unutterable anger with sharp anxiety, went to Pytho to consult the oracle concerning this unbearable misfortune.
§6.39ἁ δὲ φοινικόκροκον ζώναν καταθηκαμένα §6.40κάλπιδά τʼ ἀργυρέαν, λόχμας ὑπὸ κυανέας §6.41τίκτε θεόφρονα κοῦρον.
And she, having laid down her crimson girdle and her silver pitcher, under the dark bushes gave birth to a child of divine mind.
τᾷ μὲν ὁ Χρυσοκόμας §6.42πραΰμητίν τʼ Ἐλείθυιαν παρέστασέν τε Μοίρας·
For her, the Golden-haired god set by her side Eileithyia of gentle mind and the Fates.
And from her womb, and from her sweet birth-pang, Iamus came immediately into the light.
τὸν μὲν κνιζομένα §6.45λεῖπε χαμαί· δύο δὲ γλαυκῶπες αὐτὸν §6.46δαιμόνων βουλαῖσιν ἐθρέψαντο δράκοντες ἀμεμφεῖ §6.47ἰῷ μελισσᾶν καδόμενοι.
And she, in her grief, left him on the ground; but two grey-eyed serpents, by the counsels of the gods, nurtured him, caring for him with the blameless venom of bees.
βασιλεὺς δʼ ἐπεὶ §6.48πετραέσσας ἐλαύνων ἵκετʼ ἐκ Πυθῶνος, ἅπαντας ἐν οἴκῳ §6.49εἴρετο παῖδα, τὸν Εὐάδνα τέκοι· Φοίβου γὰρ αὐτὸν φᾶ γεγάκειν §6.50πατρός, περὶ θνατῶν δʼ ἔσεσθαι μάντιν ἐπιχθονίοις §6.51ἔξοχον, οὐδέ ποτʼ ἐκλείψειν γενεάν.
And when the king, driving his chariot, came from rocky Pytho, he questioned everyone in the house about the child whom Evadne had borne; for he said that he was born of Phoebus as father, and that he would be for mortals a seer pre-eminent among those on earth, and that his race would never fail.