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Epinicians (9.100-10.49)

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golden-sceptered ⋯ whoever takes a fine thing ⋯ praise ⋯ for the son of Timoxenos sing praises, with processions [of young men], for his victory in the pentathlon.
Ode 10
For an AthenianFoot Race at the IsthmusDate unknown
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Fame, you visit the races [of men?], and ⋯
⋯ eyes ⋯ peaceful respite ⋯ now for him his sister's husband
has moved the clear-voiced island bee
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so that the immortal ornament of the Muses will be at hand as a common joy for men, revealing your excellence to men on earth,
⋯ by the will of Victory you have crowned your golden head with blossoms and brought glory to broad Athens and fame to the Oeneidae, when, in Poseidon's far-famed games,
you displayed to the Greeks the swift surge of your feet.
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For when he reached the finish-line of the racecourse, breathing out a storm of hot breath, and again moistened the cloaks of the spectators with olive oil, rushing into the close-packed crowd
when he rounded the fourth turn of the course, the spokesmen of the wise judges proclaimed him twice an Isthmian victor,
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and twice in Nemea, beside the sacred altar of Zeus son of Cronus.
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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