§6.1θάλλοντος ἀνδρῶν ὡς ὅτε συμποσίου §6.2δεύτερον κρητῆρα Μοισαίων μελέων §6.3κίρναμεν Λάμπωνος εὐάθλου γενεᾶς ὕπερ, ἐν Νεμέᾳ μὲν πρῶτον, ὦ Ζεῦ, §6.4τίν γʼ ἄωτον δεξάμενοι στεφάνων, §6.5νῦν αὖτε Ἰσθμοῦ δεσπότᾳ §6.6Νηρεΐδεσσί τε πεντήκοντα, παίδων ὁπλοτάτου §6.7Φυλακίδα νικῶντος.
As when the banquet of men is flourishing, we mix a second bowl of the Muses' songs for the sake of Lampon’s family of noble contests—first indeed at Nemea, O Zeus, having received for you the finest flower of crowns, and now again for the lord of the Isthmus, and for the fifty Nereids, when the youngest of his sons, Phylacidas, is victorious.
And may it be possible to pour a third (bowl) to the Olympian Savior, down in Aegina, with sweet-voiced songs.
§6.10εἰ γάρ τις ἀνθρώπων δαπάνᾳ τε χαρεὶς §6.11καὶ πόνῳ πράσσει θεοδμάτους ἀρετάς, §6.12σύν τέ οἱ δαίμων φυτεύει δόξαν ἐπήρατον, ἐσχατιαῖς ἤδη πρὸς ὄλβου §6.13βάλλετʼ ἄγκυραν θεότιμος ἐών.
For if any of men, rejoicing in expenditure and in toil, achieves god-built excellences, and a god plants lovely glory along with him, already at the furthest limits of prosperity he casts his anchor, being honored by the gods.
With such dispositions prays the son of Cleonicus to meet Hades and to receive gray old age.
ἐγὼ δʼ ὑψίθρονον §6.17Κλωθὼ κασιγνήτας τε προσεννέπω ἑσπέσθαι κλυταῖς §6.18ἀνδρὸς φίλου Μοίρας ἐφετμαῖς.
And I address high-throned Clotho and her sister Fates to follow the noble behests of my dear friend.
§6.19ὔμμε τʼ, ὦ χρυσάρματοι Αἰακίδαι, §6.20τέθμιόν μοι φαμὶ σαφέστατον ἔμμεν §6.21τάνδʼ ἐπιστείχοντα νᾶσον ῥαινέμεν εὐλογίαις.
And for you, O golden-charioted Aeacidae, I say that it is a most clear law for me, when stepping onto this island, to sprinkle it with praises.
§6.22μυρίαι δʼ ἔργων καλῶν τέτμηνθʼ ἑκατόμπεδοι ἐν σχερῷ κέλευθοι, §6.23καὶ πέραν Νείλοιο παγᾶν καὶ διʼ Ὑπερβορέους· §6.24οὐδʼ ἔστιν οὕτω βάρβαρος οὔτε παλίγγλωσσος πόλις, §6.25ἅτις οὐ Πηλέος ἀΐει κλέος ἥρωος, εὐδαίμονος γαμβροῦ θεῶν, §6.26οὐδʼ ἅτις Αἴαντος Τελαμωνιάδα §6.27καὶ πατρός·
For countless hundred-foot paths of beautiful deeds are cut continuously, even beyond the sources of the Nile, and through the land of the Hyperboreans; nor is there any city so barbarian or foreign-tongued that does not hear of the glory of Peleus the hero, the happy son-in-law of the gods, nor any that does not hear of Ajax, son of Telamon, and his father.
τὸν χαλκοχάρμαν ἐς πόλεμον §6.28ἆγε σὺν Τιρυνθίοισι πρόφρονα σύμμαχον ἐς Τρωΐαν, ἥρωσι μόχθον, §6.29Λαομεδοντίαν ὑπὲρ ἀμπλακίαν §6.30ἐν ναυσὶν Ἀλκμήνας τέκος.
Him, to the bronze-delighting war as a willing ally, to Troy (a trouble for heroes) did the son of Alcmene lead on account of the offense of Laomedon in his ships.
§6.31εἷλε δὲ Περγαμίαν, πέφνεν δὲ σὺν κείνῳ Μερόπων §6.32ἔθνεα καὶ τὸν βουβόταν οὔρεϊ ἴσον §6.33Φλέγραισιν εὑρὼν Ἀλκυονῆ, σφετέρας δʼ οὐ φείσατο §6.34χερσὶν βαρυφθόγγοιο νευρᾶς §6.35Ἡρακλέης.
And he took Pergamos, and slew with him the nations of the Meropes, and the herdsman equal to a mountain, Alcyoneus, whom he found at Phlegrae; nor did Heracles spare the heavy-sounding bowstring with his hands.
ἀλλʼ Αἰακίδαν καλέων §6.36ἐς πλόον κεῖνον κύρησε δαινυμένων.
But, calling the son of Aeacus to that voyage, he found them feasting.
§6.37τὸν μὲν ἐν ῥινῷ λέοντος στάντα κελήσατο νεκταρέαις σπονδαῖσιν ἄρξαι §6.38καρτεραίχμαν Ἀμφιτρυωνιάδαν, §6.39ἄνδωκε δʼ αὐτῷ φέρτατος §6.40οἰνοδόκον φιάλαν χρυσῷ πεφρικυῖαν Τελαμών,
Him, standing in his lion’s skin, did Telamon invite to begin with nectar-sweet libations, Telamon, who was the strongest with the spear, and most noble Telamon gave to him a wine-receiving bowl shivering with gold.
§6.41ὁ δʼ ἀνατείναις οὐρανῷ χεῖρας ἀμάχους §6.42αὔδασε τοιοῦτον ἔπος· εἴ ποτʼ ἐμάν, ὦ Ζεῦ πάτερ, §6.43θυμῷ ἐθέλων ἀρὰν ἄκουσας, §6.44νῦν σε, νῦν εὐχαῖς ὑπὸ θεσπεσίαις §6.45λίσσομαι παῖδα θρασὺν ἐξ Ἐριβοίας §6.46ἀνδρὶ τῷδε, ξεῖνον ἀμὸν μοιρίδιον τελέσαι, §6.47τὸν μὲν ἄρρηκτον φυάν, ὥσπερ τόδε δέρμα με νῦν περιπλανᾶται §6.48θηρός, ὃν πάμπρωτον ἄθλων κτεῖνά ποτʼ ἐν Νεμέᾳ· §6.49θυμὸς δʼ ἑπέσθω. ταῦτʼ ἄρα οἱ φαμένῳ πέμψεν θεὸς §6.50ἀρχὸν οἰωνῶν μέγαν αἰετόν· ἁδεῖα δʼ ἔνδον νιν ἔκνιξεν χάρις, §6.51εἶπέν τε φωνήσαις ἅτε μάντις ἀνήρ· §6.52ἔσσεταί τοι παῖς, ὃν αἰτεῖς, ὦ Τελαμών· §6.53καί νιν ὄρνιχος φανέντος κέκλεʼ ἐπώνυμον εὐρυβίαν Αἴαντα, λαῶν §6.54ἐν πόνοις ἔκπαγλον Ἐνυαλίου. §6.55ὣς ἆρα εἰπὼν αὐτίκα §6.56ἕζετʼ.
And he (Heracles), stretching out his invincible hands to heaven, spoke such a word: "If ever, O Father Zeus, you heard my prayer with a willing heart, now, now with wondrous prayers I entreat you for a bold son from Eriboea for this man, to fulfill my destined guest-friend, in body unbreakable, just as this skin now wraps around me, of the beast which once I slew at Nemea as the very first of my labors; and let his courage correspond." As he spoke these things, the god sent a great eagle, the ruler of birds; and sweet joy pricked him within, and speaking like a prophet, he said: "A son shall be born to you, Telamon, whom you ask for; and call him from the bird that appeared, broad-powered Ajax, terrible among the peoples in the labors of war." Having spoken thus, he straightway sat down.
ἐμοὶ δὲ μακρὸν πάσας ἀν αγήσασθʼ ἀρετάς· §6.57Φυλακίδᾳ γὰρ ἦλθον, ὦ Μοῖσα, ταμίας §6.58Πυθέᾳ τε κώμων Εὐθυμένει τε.
But for me it is long to narrate all their excellences; for I have come, O Muse, as a steward of revels for Phylacidas, Pytheas, and Euthymenes.
τὸν Ἀργείων τρόπον §6.59εἰρήσεταί που κἀν βραχίστοις.
In the Argive manner, it shall be spoken, indeed, in the briefest words.
§6.60ἄραντο γὰρ νίκας ἀπὸ παγκρατίου §6.61τρεῖς ἀπʼ Ἰσθμοῦ, τὰς δʼ ἀπʼ εὐφύλλου Νεμέας, §6.62ἀγλαοὶ παῖδές τε καὶ μάτρως· ἀνὰ δʼ ἄγαγον ἐς φάος οἵαν μοῖραν ὕμνων·
For they have won victories in the pancratium, three from the Isthmus, and others from leaf-rich Nemea, the glorious boys and their maternal uncle; and they have brought up to the light what a portion of hymns.
§6.63τὰν Ψαλυχιδᾶν δὲ πάτραν Χαρίτων §6.64ἄρδοντι καλλίστᾳ δρόσῳ, §6.65τόν τε Θεμιστίου ὀρθώσαντες οἶκον τάνδε πόλιν §6.66θεοφιλῆ ναίοισι.
And they water the clan of the Psalychidae with the Graces' fairest dew, and having set upright the house of Themistius, they dwell in this city beloved of the gods.
Λάμπων δὲ μελέταν §6.67ἔργοις ὀπάζων Ἡσιόδου μάλα τιμᾷ τοῦτʼ ἔπος, §6.68υἱοῖσί τε φράζων παραινεῖ, §6.69ξυνὸν ἄστει κόσμον ἑῷ προσάγων, §6.70καὶ ξένων εὐεργεσίαις ἀγαπᾶται, §6.71μέτρα μὲν γνώμᾳ διώκων, μέτρα δὲ καὶ κατέχων· §6.72γλῶσσα δʼ οὐκ ἔξω φρενῶν· φαίης κέ νιν ἀνδράσιν ἀθληταῖσιν ἔμμεν §6.73Ναξίαν πέτραις ἐν ἄλλαις χαλκοδάμαντʼ ἀκόναν.
And Lampon, devoting study to actions, highly honors this saying of Hesiod, and speaking to his sons, he advises them, bringing a shared ornament to his city, and is loved for his kind deeds to strangers, pursuing moderation in his mind, and holding moderation fast; his tongue is not outside his mind; you would say that among athletic men he is a Naxian whetstone, subduer of bronze, compared to other stones.