§11.1Νίκα [γλυκύδωρε, μεγίσταν §11.2σοὶ πατ[ὴρ ὤπασσε τιμὰν §11.3ὑψίζυγ[ος Οὐρανιδᾶν §11.4ἐν πολυχρύσῳ δʼ Ὀλύμπῳ §11.5Ζηνὶ παρισταμένα §11.6κρίνεις τέλος ἀθανάτοι- §11.7σίν τε καὶ θνατοῖς ἀρετᾶς.
Victory, [giver of sweet gifts, the greatest] [honor the Father bestowed] upon you, [the high-throned ruler of the sons of Uranus;] and on golden Olympus, standing beside Zeus, you judge the end for immortals and for mortals alike of excellence.
§11.8ἔλλαθι, [βαθυ]πλοκάμου §11.9κούρα [Στυγὸς ὀρ]θοδίκου· σέθεν δʼ ἕκατι §11.10καὶ νῦν Μεταπόντιον εὐ- §11.11γυίων [κατέχ]ουσι νέων §11.12κῶμοί τε καὶ εὐφροσύναι θ εό τιμον ἄστυ· §11.13ὑμνεῦσι δὲ Πυθιόνικον §11.14παῖδα θαητὸν Φαΐσκου.
Be gracious, of the [deep] tresses, daughter [of Styx] of [upright justice]; for by your grace now also Metapontum's [strong-limbed] [youths' (revels) occupy,] the revels and joys, the god-honored city; and they sing of the Pythian victor, the wondrous son of Phaiscus.
§11.15ἵλ εῳ νιν ὁ Δαλογενὴς υἱ- §11.16ὸς βαθυζώνοιο Λατοῦς §11.17δέκτο βλεφάρῳ· πολέες §11.18δʼ ἀμφʼ Ἀλεξίδαμον ἀνθ έω ν §11.19ἐν πεδίῳ στέφανοι §11.20Κίρρας ἔπεσον κρατερᾶς §11.21ἦρα παννίκοιο πάλας· §11.22οὐκ εἶδέ νιν ἀέλιος §11.23κείνῳ γε σὺν ἄματι πρὸς γαίᾳ πεσόντα.
Graciously did the Delos-born son of deep-girdled Leto receive him with his eyes; and many crowns of flowers around Alexidamus fell upon the plain of mighty Cirrha, as a tribute for his all-conquering wrestling; the sun did not see him fall to the ground on that day.
§11.24φάσω δὲ καὶ ἐν ζαθέοις §11.25ἁγνοῦ Πέλοπος δαπέδοις §11.26Ἀλφ εὸ ν παρὰ καλλιρόαν, δίκας κέλευθον §11.27εἰ μή τις ἀπέτραπεν ὀρθᾶς, §11.28παγξένῳ χαίταν ἐλαίᾳ §11.29γλαυκᾷ στεφανωσάμενον §11.30πορτιτρόφ[ον ἂν πεδίον πάτ]ραν θʼ ἱκέσθαι.
And I will declare that also on the sacred grounds of holy Pelops, by the beautiful streams of Alpheus, if someone the path of upright justice had not turned aside, with the grey olive that welcomes all guests he would have crowned his hair, and arrived at [the calf-rearing plain] and his homeland.
§11.31[οὔ τι δόλος κακόφρων] §11.32παῖδʼ ἐν χθονὶ καλλιχόρῳ §11.33ποικίλαις τέχναις πέλασσεν· §11.34ἀλλʼ ἢ θεὸς αἴτιος, ἢ §11.35γνῶμαι πολύπλαγκτοι βροτῶν §11.36ἄ]μερσαν ὑπέρτατον ἐκ χειρῶν γέρας.
[But no evil-minded deceit] brought the boy in the land of beautiful dances close [to victory] by intricate arts; rather, either a god was the cause, or the wandering judgments of mortals snatched the highest prize from his hands.
But now Artemis of the wild, goddess of the golden spindle, illustrious, famed for the bow, has given him [shining] victory.
§11.40τᾷ ποτʼ Ἀβαντιάδας §11.41βωμὸν κατένασσε πολύλ- §11.42λιστον εὔπεπλοί τε κοῦραι· §11.43τὰς ἐξ ἐρατῶν ἐφόβησεν §11.44παγκρατὴς Ἥρα μελάθρων §11.45Προίτου, παραπλῆγι φρένας §11.46καρτερᾷ ζεύξασʼ ἀνάγκᾳ· §11.47παρθενίᾳ γὰρ ἔτι §11.48ψυχᾷ κίον ἐς τέμενος §11.49πορφυροζώνοιο θεᾶς· §11.50φάσκον δὲ πολὺ σφέτερον §11.51πλούτῳ προφέρειν πατέρα ξανθᾶς παρέδρου §11.52σεμνοῦ Διὸς εὐρυβία.
To her once the descendant of Abas established a much-entreated altar, together with his beautifully-robed daughters, whom from the lovely halls of Proetus, all-powerful Hera had driven in fear, having bound their minds with a powerful necessity of maddening frenzy; for while still of maidenly soul, they entered the temple of the purple-girdled goddess, and claimed that their father was far superior in wealth to the golden-seated consort of holy, wide-ruling Zeus.
§11.53ταῖσιν δὲ χολωσαμένα §11.54στήθεσσι παλίντροπον ἔμβαλεν νόημα· §11.55φεῦγον δʼ ὄρος ἐς τανίφυλλον, §11.56σμερδαλ έα ν φωνὰν ἱεῖσαι, §11.57Τιρύνθιον ἄστυ λιποῦσαι §11.58καὶ θεοδμάτους ἀγυιάς, §11.59ἤδη γὰρ ἔτος δέκατον §11.60θ εο φιλὲς λιπόντες Ἄργος §11.61ναῖον ἀδεισιβόαι §11.62χαλκάσπιδες ἡμίθεοι §11.63σὺν πολυζήλῳ βασιλεῖ.
Angry with them, she cast a distorted mind into their breasts, and they fled to the leafy mountain, uttering a terrifying voice, leaving the city of Tiryns and its god-built streets; for already for the tenth year, leaving god-beloved Argos, there dwelt, fearless of the battle-cry, the bronze-shielded demiheroes with their much-envied king.
§11.64νεῖκος γὰρ ἀμαιμάκετον §11.65βληχρᾶς ἀνέπαλτο κασιγνητοῖς ἀπʼ ἀρχᾶς §11.66Προίτῳ τε καὶ Ἀκρισίῳ· §11.67λαούς τε διχοστασίαις §11.68ἤρειπον ἀμετροδίκοις μάχαις τε λυγραῖς.
For an unmanageable strife had leapt up from a small beginning between the brothers, Proetus and Acrisius; and they were ruining the people with dissensions and lawless battles and grievous wars.
§11.69λίσσοντο δὲ παῖδας Ἄβαντος §11.70γᾶν πολύκριθον λαχόντας §11.71Τίρυνθα τὸν ὁπλότερον §11.72κτίζειν, πρὶν ἐς ἀργαλέαν πεσεῖν ἀνάγκαν·
And they entreated the sons of Abas, who had obtained the barley-rich land, that the younger should found Tiryns, before falling into grievous necessity.
§11.73Ζεύς τʼ ἔθελεν Κρονίδας, §11.74τιμῶν Δαναοῦ γενεὰν §11.75καὶ διωξίπποιο Λυγκ έο ς, §11.76παῦσαι στυγερῶν ἀχέων.
And Cronian Zeus willed, honoring the race of Danaus and of horse-driving Lynceus, to put an end to their hateful sorrows.
§11.77τεῖχος δὲ Κύκλωπες κάμον §11.78ἐλθόντες ὑπερφίαλοι κλεινᾷ πόλει §11.79κάλλιστον, ἵνʼ ἀντίθεοι §11.80ναῖον κλυτὸν ἱππόβοτον §11.81Ἄργος ἥρωες περικλειτοὶ λιπόντες.
And the Cyclopes labored on a wall, coming, overbearing men, for the famous city, a most beautiful wall, where the godlike, illustrious heroes dwelt, leaving horse-nourishing, highly renowned Argos.
§11.82ἔνθεν ἀπεσσύμεναι §11.83Προίτου κυανοπλόκαμοι §11.84φεῦγον ἄδματοι θύγατρες, §11.85τὸν δʼ εἷλεν ἄχος κραδίαν, ξεί- §11.86να τέ νιν πλᾶξεν μέριμνα· §11.87δοίαξε δὲ φάσγανον ἄμ- §11.88φακες ἐν στέρνοισι πᾶξαι.
Thence fleeing, the dark-haired, untamed daughters of Proetus fled; and grief seized his heart, and a strange anxiety struck him, and he meditated driving a two-edged sword into his breast.
But the spear-bearers with soothing words and by the force of their hands held him back.
§11.92τρισκαίδεκα μὲν τελέους §11.93μῆνας κατὰ δάσκιον ἠλύκταζον ὕλαν §11.94φεῦγόν τε κατʼ Ἀρκαδίαν §11.95μηλοτρόφον·
For thirteen whole months they wandered in the shadowy forest, and fled through sheep-breeding Arcadia.
ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ §11.96Λοῦσον ποτὶ καλλιρόαν πατὴρ ἵκανεν, §11.97ἔνθεν χρόα νιψάμενος φοι- §11.98νικο[κραδέμνοι]ο Λατοῦς §11.99κίκλ[ῃσκε θύγατρα] βοῶπιν, §11.100χεῖρας ἀντείνων πρὸς αὐγὰς §11.101ἱππώκεος ἀελίου, §11.102τέκνα δυστάνοιο λύσσας §11.103πάρφρονος ἐξαγαγεῖν· §11.104θύσω δέ τοι εἴκοσι βοῦς §11.105ἄζυγας φοινικότριχας. §11.106τοῦ δʼ ἔκλυʼ ἀριστοπάτρα §11.107θηροσκόπος εὐχομένου· πιθοῦσα δʼ Ἥραν §11.108παῦσεν καλυκοστεφάνους §11.109κούρας μανιᾶν ἀθέων·
But when at last the father came to the beautiful streams of Lusus, thence washing his body, he called upon the daughter of Leto with the red veil, the ox-eyed goddess, stretching out his hands to the rays of the swift-horsed sun, to lead his children out of the miserable, maddening frenzy: "And I will sacrifice to you twenty oxen, unyoked, with red hair." And the beast-watching daughter of a noble father heard him praying; and having persuaded Hera, she stopped the bud-crowned maidens from their godless madness.
§11.110ταὶ δʼ αὐτίκα ϝοι τέμενος βωμόν τε τεῦχον, §11.111χραῖνόν τέ μιν αἵματι μήλων §11.112καὶ χοροὺς ἵσταν γυναικῶν.
And they at once built a temple and an altar for her, and stained it with the blood of sheep, and established choruses of women.
§11.113ἔνθεν καὶ ἀρηϊφίλοις §11.114ἄνδρεσσιν ἐς ἱπποτρόφον πόλιν τʼ Ἀχαιοῖς §11.115ἕσπεο, σὺν δὲ τύχᾳ §11.116ναίεις Μεταπόντιον, ὦ §11.117χρυσέα δέσποινα λαῶν· §11.118ἄλσος τέ τοι ἱμερόεν §11.119Κάσαν παρʼ εὔυδρον πρὸ να- §11.120οῖʼ ἑσσαμένων, Πριάμοιʼ ἐπεὶ χρόνῳ §11.121βουλαῖσι θεῶν μακάρων §11.122πέρσαν πόλιν εὐκτιμέναν §11.123χαλκοθωράκων μετʼ Ἀτρειδᾶν.
Thence also with war-loving Achaean men to the horse-breeding city you followed, and with good fortune you dwell in Metapontum, O golden mistress of the people; and they established for you a lovely grove by the well-watered Casas, before your temple, after they had in time, of Priam by the counsels of the blessed gods, destroyed the well-built city, along with the bronze-armored sons of Atreus.