§3.1εἴ τις ἀνδρῶν εὐτυχήσαις ἢ σὺν εὐδόξοις ἀέθλοις §3.2ἢ σθένει πλούτου κατέχει φρασὶν αἰανῆ κόρον, §3.3ἄξιος εὐλογίαις ἀστῶν μεμίχθαι.
If any of men, having succeeded either through glorious contests or by the power of wealth, restrains painful insolence in his mind, he is worthy to be mingled with the praises of his fellow citizens.
§3.4Ζεῦ, μεγάλαι δʼ ἀρεταὶ θνατοῖς ἕπονται §3.5ἐκ σέθεν· ζώει δὲ μάσσων ὄλβος ὀπιζομένων, πλαγίαις δὲ φρένεσσιν §3.6οὐχ ὁμῶς πάντα χρόνον θάλλων ὁμιλεῖ.
O Zeus, great excellences attend mortal men from you; and the prosperity of those who revere you lives longer, but for crooked minds it does not abide with them blooming in the same way for all time.
§3.7εὐκλέων δʼ ἔργων ἄποινα χρὴ μὲν ὑμνῆσαι τὸν ἐσλόν, §3.8χρὴ δὲ κωμάζοντʼ ἀγαναῖς χαρίτεσσιν βαστάσαι.
And as a reward for famous deeds, one must praise the good man, and one must, while celebrating in revelry, exalt him with gentle Graces.
§3.9ἔστι δὲ καὶ διδύμων ἀέ θλων Μελίσσῳ §3.10μοῖρα πρὸς εὐφροσύναν τρέψαι γλυκεῖαν §3.11ἦτορ, ἐν βάσσαισιν Ἰσθμοῦ δεξαμένῳ στεφάνους, τὰ δὲ κοίλᾳ λέοντος §3.12ἐν βαθυστέρνου νάπᾳ κάρυξε Θήβαν §3.13ἱπποδρομίᾳ κρατέων.
And Melissus also has a share from double contests to turn his heart toward sweet joy, having received crowns in the glens of the Isthmus, and on the other hand, in the hollow glen of the deep-breasted lion, he proclaimed Thebes by conquering in the horse race.
ἀνδρῶν δʼ ἀρετὰν §3.14σύμφυτον οὐ κατελέγχει.
And he does not disgrace the inborn excellence of his men.
§3.15ἴστε μὰν Κλεωνύμου §3.16δόξαν παλαιὰν ἅρμασιν· §3.17καὶ ματρόθε Λαβδακίδαισιν σύννομοι πλούτου διέστειχον τετραοριᾶν πόνοις.
Indeed, you know the ancient glory of Kleonymos with chariots; and on their mother's side, as sharers of wealth with the Labdakids, they walked through the labors of four-horse teams.
§3.18αἰὼν δὲ κυλινδομέναις ἁμέραις ἄλλʼ ἄλλοτʼ ἐξάλλαξεν· ἄτρωτοί γε μὰν παῖδες θεῶν.
But lifetime, with rolling days, changes now one thing, now another; unhurt, indeed, are only the children of gods.