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Bacchylides, Epinicians (ed. Diane Arnson Svarlien),
Ode 5
For Hieron of Syracuse
Single-horse victory at Olympia
476 B. C.
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Ode 5
For Hieron of Syracuse
Single-horse victory at Olympia
476 B. C.
Fortunate in your fate, commander of the Syracusans, riders of whirling horses: you, if any man on earth today, will rightly understand this honor, sweet gift of the violet-garlanded Muses. Now, calm your righteous mind; rest it from cares, and consider: a hymn, woven with the help of the deep-waisted Graces, is sent from the holy islandCeos, off the coast of Attica; homeland of Bacchylides and his uncle, the poet Simonides.to your glorious city by your guest-friend, the brilliant servant of Ourania with her golden headband. He wants to pour forth his voice from his heart
to praise Hieron. High above, slicing the deep air with his swift golden wings, the eagle, messenger of loud-thundering, wide-ruling Zeus, trusts boldly in his powerful strength, and thin-voiced birds crouch in fear. The peaks of the great earth do not restrain him, nor the rough, choppy waves of the un
476 B.C.When Phaedon was archon in Athens, the
Seventy-sixth Olympiad was celebrated, that in which Scamandrius of Mytilene won the "stadion," and in Rome the consuls were Caeso Fabius and Spurius Furius
Menellaeus.This should probably be Medullinus.
In the course of this year Leotychides, the king of the
Lacedaemonians, died after a reign of twenty-two years, and he was succeeded on the throne by
Archidamus, who ruled for forty-two years. And there died also Anaxilas, the tyrant of
Rhegium and Zancle,The earlier name of Messene in Sicily. after a rule of eighteen years, and he was succeeded in the tyranny
by Micythus, who was entrusted with the position on the understanding that he would restore it
to the sons of Anaxilas, who were not yet of age. And Hieron,
who became king of the Syracusans after the death of Gelon, observing how popular his brother
Polyzelus was among the Syracusans and believing that he was waiting to seizeAs of
Lysias, Funeral Oration, section 55 (search)
By means of countless toils, conspicuous struggles, and glorious perils they made Greece free, while proving the supremacy of their native land: they commanded the sea for seventy yearsFrom 476 B.C., when Athens became the head of the Delian League, to 405 B.C., when she was defeated at Aegospotami. and saved their allies from faction,
Pindar, Olympian (ed. Diane Arnson Svarlien),
Olympian 1
For Hieron of Syracuse
Single Horse Race
476 B. C. (search)
Olympian 1
For Hieron of Syracuse
Single Horse Race
476 B. C.
Water is best, and gold, like a blazing fire in the night, stands out supreme of all lordly wealth. But if, my heart, you wish to sing of contests,look no further for any star warmer than the sun, shining by day through the lonely sky, and let us not proclaim any contest greater than Olympia. From there glorious song enfolds the wisdom of poets,On this line see F. J. Nisetich, "Olympian 1.8-11: An Epinician Metaphor," HSCP 79, 1975, 55-68. so that they loudly singthe son of Cronus, when they arrive at the rich and blessed hearth of Hieron,
who wields the scepter of law in Sicily of many flocks, reaping every excellence at its peak, and is glorifiedby the choicest music, which we men often play around his hospitable table. Come, take the Dorian lyre down from its peg, if the splendor of Pisa and of Pherenicus placed your mind under the influence of sweetest thoughts,when that horse ran swiftly beside the Alpheus, not needi
Pindar, Olympian (ed. Diane Arnson Svarlien),
Olympian 2
For Theron of Acragas
Chariot Race
476 B. C. (search)
Olympian 2
For Theron of Acragas
Chariot Race
476 B. C.
Songs, rulers of the lyre, what god, what hero, what man shall we celebrate? Indeed, Pisa belongs to Zeus; and Heracles established the Olympic festival, as the finest trophy of battle;and Theron must be proclaimed because of his victorious four-horse chariot, Theron who is just in his regard for guests, and is the bulwark of Acragas, the strength of the city, the choicest bloom of illustrious ancestors,
who labored much with their spirits, and won a sacred home by the river, and werethe eye of Sicily; their allotted lifetime attended them, bringing wealth and grace to their inborn excellence. But you, son of Cronus and Rhea, who rule over your home on Olympus, and over the foremost of festivals, and over the ford of Alpheus, be warmed by our songs and graciously preserve their ancestral land
for their future generations. When deeds have been accomplished, whether justly or contrary to justice, not even Time the father of all t
Pindar, Olympian (ed. Diane Arnson Svarlien),
Olympian 3
For Theron of Acragas
Chariot Race
476 B. C. (search)
Olympian 3
For Theron of Acragas
Chariot Race
476 B. C.
I pray that I may be pleasing to the hospitable sons of Tyndareus and to Helen of the beautiful hair while I honor renowned Acragas by raising my song in praise of Theron's victory at Olympia, won by the choicest of horses with untiring feet. With this in view the Muse stood beside me when I found a shining new mannerof fitting the splendid voice of the victory procession to the Dorian sandal.
For the garlands twined around his hair exact from me this sacred debt, to blend harmoniously for the son of Aenesidamus the embroidered song of the lyre and the cry of the flutes with the arrangement of words, and Pisa bids me to raise my voice—Pisa, from whichgod-fated songs come often to men,
for anyone over whose brow the strict Aetolian judge of the Greeks tosses up around his hair the gray-green adornment of olive leaves, fulfilling the ancient behests of Heracles; the olive which once the son of Amphitryon brought from the shady sp
Pindar, Olympian (ed. Diane Arnson Svarlien),
Olympian 10
For Hagesidamus of Western Locri
Boys' Boxing
476 B.C. (search)
Olympian 10
For Hagesidamus of Western Locri
Boys' Boxing
476 B.C.
Read me the name of the Olympic victor, the son of Archestratus, where it has been written in my mind. For I owed him a sweet song, and I have forgotten. But come, Muse, you and the daughter of Zeus, unforgetting Truth: with the hand that puts things right,keep from me the blame for lying, for wronging my friend.
Approaching from far away, the future has arrived and made me ashamed of my deep debt. Still, payment with interest has a way of dissolving the bitter reproach of men.Now, just as the flowing wave overwhelms the rolling pebble, so shall I pay my account in full, in gratitude and friendship.
For unswerving Exactitude rules the city of the Western Locrians, and Calliope is important to them, and bronze-armored Ares.Battle with Cycnus set back even Heracles, strong and violent; let Hagesidamus, victorious as a boxer at Olympia, offer thanks to Ilas, just as Patroclus did to Achilles.With the help of a god, one