§9.1δόξαν, ὦ χρυσαλάκατοι Χάριτες, §9.2πεισίμβροτον δοίητʼ, ἐπεὶ §9.3Μουσᾶν γε ϝιοβλεφάρων θεῖος προφάτας §9.4εὔτυκος Φλειοῦντά τε καὶ Νεμεαίου §9.5Ζηνὸς εὐθαλὲς πέδον §9.6ὑμνεῖν, ὅθι μηλοδαΐκταν §9.7θρέψεν ἁ λευκώλενος §9.8Ἥρα περικλειτῶν ἀέθλων §9.9πρῶτον Ἡρακλεῖ βαρύφθογγον λέοντα.
O golden-spindled Graces, grant persuasion-bringing glory, since the divine prophet of the violet-eyed Muses is ready to sing of Phlius and the fertile plain of Nemean Zeus, where the white-armed Hera reared the sheep-slaying, deep-roaring lion as the first of glorious contests for Heracles.
§9.10κεῖ[θι φοι]νικάσπιδες ἡμίθεοι §9.11πρώτιστον Ἀργείων κριτοὶ §9.12ἄθλησαν ἐπʼ Ἀρχεμόρῳ, τὸν ξανθοδερκὴς §9.13πέφνʼ ἀωτεύοντα δράκων ὑπέροπλος, §9.14σᾶμα μέλλοντος φόνου.
There, the red-shielded demigods, the chosen first of the Argives, held the contests over Archemorus, whom the yellow-glancing, monstrous serpent slew while he slept— a sign of coming slaughter.
§9.15ὦ μοῖρα πολυκρατές·
O powerful fate!
The son of Oecles did not persuade him to march back to the streets rich in men.
§9.18ἐλπὶς ἀνθρώπων ὑφαιρ[εῖται νόημ]α §9.19ἃ καὶ τότʼ Ἄδραστον Ταλ[αϊονίδαν §9.20πέμπεν ἐς Θήβας Πολυνείκεϊ πλα[γκτῷ] πρόξεν[ον.
Hope deprives men of their understanding, which then also sent Adrastus, son of Talaus, to Thebes as a champion for wandering Polyneices.
§9.21κείνων ἀπʼ εὐδόξων ἀγώνων §9.22ἐν Νεμ έᾳ κλεινοὶ βροτῶν §9.23οἳ τριέτει στεφάνῳ §9.24ξανθὰν ἐρέψωνται κόμαν.
From those glorious contests in Nemea, those of mortals are renowned who with the triennial crown wreath their golden hair.
And now to Automedes, who has won, a god has given it.
§9.27πενταέθλοισιν γὰρ ἐνέπρεπεν ὡς §9.28ἄστρων διακρίνει φάη §9.29νυκτὸς διχομήνιδος εὐφεγγὴς σελάνα· §9.30τοῖος Ἑλλάνων διʼ ἀπείρονα κύκλον §9.31φαῖνε θαυμαστὸν δέμας, §9.32δισκὸν τροχοειδέα ῥίπτων, §9.33καὶ μελαμφύλλου κλάδον §9.34ἀκτ έα ς ἐς αἰπεινὰν προπέμπων §9.35αἰθέρʼ ἐκ χειρὸς βοὰν ὤτρυνε λαῶν, §9.36ἢ τελευταίας ἀμάρυγμα πάλας·
For he shone out among the pentathletes just as the bright moon of the mid-month night surpasses the light of the stars; so did he show his wondrous body through the boundless circle of the Greeks, throwing the wheel-like discus, and sending the branch of the dark-leaved elder-tree into the steep air from his hand, he stirred the shout of the people, or in the rapid flash of the final wrestling.
§9.37τοιῷ[δʼ ὑπερθύ]μῳ σ[θένε]ι §9.38γυια[λκέα σώ]ματα [πρὸς γ]αίᾳ πελάσσας §9.39ἵκετʼ [Ἀσωπὸ]ν παρὰ πορφυροδίναν, §9.40τοῦ κ[λέος π]ᾶσαν χθόνα §9.41ἦλθε[ν καὶ] ἐπʼ ἔσχατα Νείλου· §9.42ταί τʼ ἐπʼ ε[ὐν]αεῖ πόρῳ §9.43οἰκεῦσι Θερμώδοντος, ἐγχ έω ν §9.44ἵστορες κοῦραι διωξίπποιʼ Ἄρηος, §9.45σῶν, ὦ πολυζήλωτε ϝάναξ ποταμῶν, §9.46ἐγγόνων γεύσαντο, καὶ ὑψιπύλου Τροίας ἕδος.
With such high-spirited strength did he bring the limb-strengthening bodies to the ground, and came to purple-swirling Asopus, whose fame has gone throughout all the earth even to the furthest limits of the Nile; and they who dwell by the fair-flowing stream of Thermodon, the daughters of Ares, skilled in spears and driving horses, tasted of your offspring, O much-envied king of rivers, and of the high-gated seat of Troy.
§9.47στείχει διʼ εὐρείας κελεύθου §9.48μυρία παντᾷ φάτις §9.49σᾶς γενεᾶς λιπαρο- §9.50ζώνων θυγάτρων, ἃς θεοὶ §9.51σὺν τύχαις ᾤκισσαν ἀρχα- §9.52γοὺς ἀπορθήτων ἀγυιᾶν.
Along a broad path goes the countless fame of your bright-girdled daughters, whom the gods settled with good fortune as founders of unravaged streets.
§9.53τίς γὰρ οὐκ οἶδεν κυανοπλοκάμου §9.54Θήβας ἐΰδμ[ατον πόλι]ν, §9.55ἢ τὰν μεγαλώνυ]μον Αἴγιναν, μεγίστου §9.56Ζηνὸς ἃ πλαθεῖσα λέ]χει τέκεν ἥρω
For who does not know the well-built city of dark-haired Thebe, or famous Aegina, who, approaching the bed of greatest Zeus, bore the hero...
who in the trials of the land of the Achaeans...
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...beautiful-robed...
§9.62ἠ[δὲ Πειράν]αν ἑλικοστέφα[νον §9.63κ[ούραν, ὅ]σαι τʼ ἄλλαι θεῶν §9.64ε̣[ὐναῖς ἐδ]άμησαν ἀριγνώτοις π[α]λαι[οῦ §9.65παῖδες αἰ]δ̣οῖαι ποταμοῦ κελάδοντος·
and Peirene, crowned with curls, and all the other daughters of the roaring river, who were subdued by the famous beds of gods; those revered daughters of the ancient roaring river.
... city... and victories... the shouts of flutes breathing in harmony... [of greatest]...
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...praising the golden, violet-woven maiden, and the mother of unbending desires,... famous among mortals...
§9.78¯ ˘ ¯ ¯ ¯ ˘]ν ὕμνον, §9.79¯ ˘ ¯ ¯ ¯] καὶ ἀποφθιμένῳ §9.80τὸν πάντʼ ἐς ἄτ]ρυτον χρόνον, §9.81καὶ τοῖς ἐπιγ]ιγνομένοις αἰεὶ πιφαύσκοι §9.82σὰν Νε]μέᾳ νίκαν· τό [γέ] τοι καλὸν ἔργον §9.83γνησίων ὕμνων τυχὸν §9.84ὑψοῦ παρὰ δαίμοσι κεῖται· §9.85σὺν δʼ ἀλαθείᾳ βροτῶν §9.86κάλλιστον, εἴπ[ερ καὶ θάνῃ τις, §9.87λείπεται Μουσᾶν [˘¯¯¯ ἄθυ]ρμα.
... islander... hymn,... and for the dead for all unwearied time, and may it always declare to those who come after your victory in Nemea; indeed, a noble deed, having obtained genuine hymns, lies high among the gods; and with the truth of mortals the most beautiful, even if one dies, is left as the plaything of the Muses.
§9.88εἰσὶ δʼ ἀνθρ[ώπων ˘˘¯˘˘¯ §9.89πολλαί· διακρίνει δὲ θ εῶ ν §9.90βουλὰ [τὸ καλυπτό]μενον νυκτὸς [δνόφοισιν·
The paths of men are many, but the counsel of the gods decides what is covered in the darkness of night.
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... and the braver...
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§9.96ἀν]δρ[άσιν ¯¯˘¯¯¯]ι̣ τὸ μέλλον·
... to few men [does it show] the future.
§9.97!!]ι̣μιω̣[¯¯˘ ἔδ]ωκε χάριν §9.98κ]αὶ Διων[ύσου Κρονίδας] θεοτίματον πόλιν §9.99ναίειν ἀπο[ρθήτους θαλ]εῦντας· §9.100χρυσεοσκάπτρ[ου Διὸς §9.101ὅς] τι καλὸν φέ[ρεται, §9.102πᾶς αἰ]νέοι·
... gave grace, and the son of Cronus granted them to inhabit Dionysus' god-honored city unravaged and flourishing; of golden-sceptered Zeus whoever wins what is noble, let everyone praise.