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the Trojan horsemen the dark-eyed ships the god-built city would have and feasts, in But before that could be they were doomed after all
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to redden with blood the whirling Scamander,
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dying at the hands of the tower-destroying [Aeacidae.] Of these, if or on a [pyre] piled high with wood Lines 170-74 are missing.
for all-shining Excellence is not hidden and effaced in the lightless [veil?] of night,
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but always abounding in unfailing glory
she roams the earth and the shifting seas. And truly she honors the fame-bringing [island] of Aeacus; she guides the state with garland-loving Eucleia
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and sound-minded Eunomia, to whom festivities belong, and who guards the cities of pious men in peace.
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Sing, young men, of the very glorious victory of Pytheas, and the helpful care of Menander, which often by the streams of the Alpheus has been honored by
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holy, great-spirited Athena of the golden chariot; before now she has garlanded the hair of countless men with crowns in the panhellenic contests.
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who is not bullied by bold-tongued envy praise the man who is skillful, as is just. All works of mortals are open to fault-finding. But truth tends
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to win the victory, and all-subduing time always [preserves] a fine deed. The [vain speech] of enemies diminishes, unseen Lines 210-219 are lost.
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warms the spirit with hope. With such hope I too, trusting in the [Muses] with their crimson headdresses,
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present a [crown] of songs, [of newly-combed wool],
and honor the splendor-loving hospitality which [you], Lampon, [have provided] for me; may you not regard [my gift for your son] as slight. And if it truly is flourishing Clio who has distilled this gift in my [mind],
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songs filled with words of delight will proclaim him to all the people.
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