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Pythian 7 For Megacles of Athens Four-Horse Chariot Race 486 B. C. E.
The great city of Athens is the most beautiful prelude of song, which the widely powerful race of the Alcmaeonids can lay as a foundation of odes in honor of their horses.
What fatherland, what family will you name that is more illustrious in Greece ?
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For in all cities the story
of the citizens of Erechtheus makes the rounds, Apollo, how they made your dwelling in divine Pytho a marvel to see. Five Isthmian victories lead my song forward, and one outstanding triumph
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at Zeus’ Olympian games, and two from Cirrha —
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yours, Megacles, and your ancestors’. I rejoice at this new success; but I grieve that fine deeds are repaid with envy.
It is true what they say: the abiding bloom of good fortune brings with it both good and bad.
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