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Epinicians (10.30-10.49)

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Glorious Thebes also welcomed him fittingly, and spacious Argos, and Sicyon, and those who dwell in Pellene, and in Euboea rich in grain, and on the holy
island Aegina. Each man seeks a different path on which to walk to attain conspicuous glory; and the forms of knowledge among men are countless.
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Indeed, a man is skillful if he has a share of honor from the Graces
and blooms with golden hope, or if he has some knowledge of the prophetic art; another man aims his artful bow at boys; others swell their spirits with fields and herds of cattle.
The future begets unpredictable results: which way will fortune's scale incline? The finest thing is to be envied by many people as a noble man.
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I know also the great power of wealth,

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