if any mortal man does well. A Boeotian man, Hesiod, attendant of the sweet Muses, said this: He whom the gods honor has a good name among men as well. I am easily persuaded to send to Hieron my illustrious voice, not from the path . There is another gap in the papyrus here, and the text is uncertain. For in this way the roots of fine fortune flourish; may the great father Zeus guard them, undisturbed, in peace. Ode 6 For Lachon of Ceos [Boys'] Foot Race at Olympia 452 B. C. Lachon has won from greatest Zeus the best glory with his feet by the streams of the Alpheus [the victories] through which before Ceos rich in vines has been sung at Olympia as victorious in boxing and the foot race, by young men, luxuriant