§10.1ὄλβια Λακεδαίμων, §10.2μάκαιρα Θεσσαλία· πατρὸς δʼ ἀμφοτέραις ἐξ ἑνὸς §10.3ἀριστομάχου γένος Ἡρακλεῦς βασιλεύει.
Fortunate is Lacedaemon, blessed is Thessaly; in both lands, the lineage of one father, Heracles, supreme in battle, rules as king.
§10.4τί κομπέω παρὰ καιρόν;
Why do I boast out of season?
ἀλλά με Πυθώ τε καὶ τὸ Πελινναῖον ἀπύει §10.5Ἀλεύα τε παῖδες, Ἱπποκλέᾳ ἐθέλοντες
But Pytho and Pelinnaeon call aloud to me, and the sons of Aleuas, wishing for Hippocleas to lead the glorious, celebratory voice of men.
§10.6ἀγαγεῖν ἐπικωμίαν ἀνδρῶν κλυτὰν ὄπα. §10.7γεύεται γὰρ ἀέθλων· §10.8στρατῷ τʼ ἀμφικτιόνων ὁ Παρνάσιος αὐτὸν μυχὸς §10.9διαυλοδρομᾶν ὕπατον παίδων ἀνέειπεν.
For he is tasting of athletic contests; and among the host of the neighboring peoples, the Parnassian valley declared him supreme in the double race of boys.
§10.10Ἄπολλον, γλυκὺ δʼ ἀνθρώπων τέλος ἀρχά τε δαίμονος ὀρνύντος αὔξεται· §10.11ὁ μέν που τεοῖς γε μήδεσι τοῦτʼ ἔπραξεν· §10.12τὸ δὲ συγγενὲς ἐμβέβακεν ἴχνεσιν πατρὸς §10.13Ὀλυμπιονίκα δὶς ἐν πολεμαδόκοις §10.14Ἄρεος ὅπλοις·
O Apollo, sweet is both the end and the beginning for men when a god urges them on; he surely accomplished this by your counsels; and his inborn nature has stepped in the tracks of his father, who was twice an Olympic victor in the battle-bracing armor of Ares.
Also, the contest under deep-meadowed Cirrha made the swift-footed Phricias a victor.
May fortune follow them also in later days, so that proud wealth may bloom for them.
§10.19τῶν δʼ ἐν Ἑλλάδι τερπνῶν §10.20λαχόντες οὐκ ὀλίγαν δόσιν, μὴ φθονεραῖς ἐκ θεῶν §10.21μετατροπίαις ἐπικύρσαιεν.
Of the pleasant things in Greece, having obtained no small share, may they not meet with envious reversals from the gods.
θεὸς εἴη §10.22ἀπήμων κέαρ· εὐδαίμων δὲ καὶ ὑμνητὸς οὗτος ἀνὴρ γίγνεται σοφοῖς, §10.23ὃς ἂν χερσὶν ἢ ποδῶν ἀρετᾷ κρατήσαις §10.24τὰ μέγιστʼ ἀέθλων ἕλῃ τόλμᾳ τε καὶ σθένει, §10.25καὶ ζώων ἔτι νεαρὸν §10.26κατʼ αἶσαν υἱὸν ἴδῃ τυχόντα στεφάνων Πυθίων.
A god indeed may have a heart free from grief; but that man is happy and a subject for song among the wise, whoever by hands or by the excellence of his feet, having won, takes the greatest of prizes with courage and strength, and while still living, sees his young son, in due course, obtaining Pythian crowns.
§10.27ὁ χάλκεος οὐρανὸς οὔ ποτʼ ἀμβατὸς αὐτῷ. §10.28ὅσαις δὲ βροτὸν ἔθνος ἀγλαΐαις ἁπτόμεσθα, περαίνει πρὸς ἔσχατον §10.29πλόον.
The bronze heaven is never to be scaled by him; but as for all the splendors we of mortal race can reach, he sails to the furthest limit.
ναυσὶ δʼ οὔτε πεζὸς ἰών κεν εὕροις §10.30ἐς Ὑπερβορέων ἀγῶνα θαυματὰν ὁδόν.
Neither by ships nor by land-travel could you find the wondrous path to the gathering of the Hyperboreans.
§10.31παρʼ οἷς ποτε Περσεὺς ἐδαίσατο λαγέτας, §10.32δώματʼ ἐσελθών, §10.33κλειτὰς ὄνων ἑκατόμβας ἐπιτόσσαις θεῷ §10.34ῥέζοντας· ὧν θαλίαις ἔμπεδον §10.35εὐφαμίαις τε μάλιστʼ Ἀπόλλων §10.36χαίρει, γελᾷ θʼ ὁρῶν ὕβριν ὀρθίαν κνωδάλων.
Among whom once Perseus, leader of the people, feasted, entering their dwellings, when he came upon them offering glorious hecatombs of donkeys to the god; in whose banquets and auspicious words Apollo ever takes delight, and he laughs as he beholds the erect insolence of the beasts.
§10.37Μοῖσα δʼ οὐκ ἀποδαμεῖ §10.38τρόποις ἐπὶ σφετέροισι· παντᾷ, δὲ χοροὶ παρθένων §10.39λυρᾶν τε βοαὶ καναχαί τʼ αὐλῶν δονέονται· §10.40δάφνᾳ τε χρυσέᾳ κόμας ἀναδήσαντες εἰλαπινάζοισιν εὐφρόνως.
Nor is the Muse absent from their ways; everywhere choruses of maidens, and the voices of lyres and the clatter of flutes are stirred; and binding their hair with golden laurel, they feast joyfully.
§10.41νόσοι δʼ οὔτε γῆρας οὐλόμενον κέκραται §10.42ἱερᾷ γενεᾷ· πόνων δὲ καὶ μαχᾶν ἄτερ §10.43οἰκέοισι φυγόντες §10.44ὑπέρδικον Νέμεσιν.
Neither disease nor destructive old age is mingled with this sacred race; and free from toil and battle, they dwell, having escaped exceeding-just Nemesis.
θρασείᾳ δὲ πνέων καρδίᾳ §10.45μόλεν Δανάας ποτὲ παῖς, ἁγεῖτο δʼ Ἀθάνα, §10.46ἐς ἀνδρῶν μακάρων ὅμιλον· ἔπεφνέν τε Γοργόνα, καὶ ποικίλον κάρα §10.47δρακόντων φόβαισιν ἤλυθε νασιώταις §10.48λίθινον θάνατον φέρων.
And breathing with a bold heart, once the son of Danae went, and Athena led him, into the gathering of the blessed men; and he slew the Gorgon, and came bringing stony death to the islanders with the dappled head of serpent tresses.
But to me, when gods accomplish it, nothing ever seems incredible.
Stay the oar, and quickly fix the anchor in the ground from the prow, as a defense against the reef.
For the flower of laudatory hymns flits like a bee from one theme to another.
§10.55ἔλπομαι δʼ Ἐφυραίων §10.56ὄπʼ ἀμφὶ Πηνεϊὸν γλυκεῖαν προχεόντων ἐμὰν §10.57τὸν Ἱπποκλέαν ἔτι καὶ μᾶλλον σὺν ἀοιδαῖς §10.58ἕκατι στεφάνων θαητὸν ἐν ἅλιξι θησέμεν ἐν καὶ παλαιτέροις, §10.59νέαισίν τε παρθένοισι μέλημα.
And I hope that, as the Ephyraeans pour forth my sweet voice by the Peneius, I shall, by means of songs, make Hippocleas still more admired among his peers and his elders on account of his crowns, and a care to young maidens.
καὶ γὰρ §10.60ἑτέροις ἑτέρων ἔρως ὑπέκνισε φρένας· §10.61τῶν δʼ ἕκαστος ὀρούει, §10.62τυχών κεν ἁρπαλέαν σχέθοι φροντίδα τὰν πὰρ ποδός·
For indeed, different desires tickle the minds of different men; and whatever each one strives for, if he should obtain it, he would eagerly hold fast to his immediate desire.
§10.63τὰ δʼ εἰς ἐνιαυτὸν ἀτέκμαρτον προνοῆσαι.
But what will happen in a year's time is non-provable to foresee.
§10.64πέποιθα ξενίᾳ προσανέϊ Θώρακος, ὅσπερ ἐμὰν ποιπνύων χάριν §10.65τόδʼ ἔζευξεν ἅρμα Πιερίδων τετράορον, §10.66φιλέων φιλέοντʼ, ἄγων ἄγοντα προφρόνως.
I trust in the gentle hospitality of Thorax, who, busying himself for my sake, yoked this four-horse chariot of the Pierian Muses, loving him who loves him, leading him who leads him with a willing mind.
And when put to the test, both gold on the touchstone and an upright mind show their true worth.
§10.69ἀδελφεοὺς Ἔτʼ ἐπαινήσομεν ἐσλούς, ὅτι §10.70ὑψοῦ φέροντι νόμον Θεσσαλῶν §10.71αὔξοντες· ἐν δʼ ἀγαθοῖσι κεῖνται §10.72πατρώϊαι κεδναὶ πολίων κυβερνάσιες.
Still we shall praise his noble brothers, because they raise on high the law of the Thessalians, promoting it; and in the hands of the noble lies the cherished ancestral steering of cities.