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Isthmian 5 For Phylacidas of Aegina Pancratium ? 478 B. C. E.
Mother of the Sun, Theia of many names, for your sake men honor gold as more powerful than anything else;
and through the value you bestow on them, o queen, ships contending on the sea and yoked teams of horses in swift-whirling contests become marvels.
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And in athletic contests, someone who has wreathed his hair with many garlands has achieved longed-for fame, when he has been victorious with his hands
or with the swiftness of his feet. But the valor of men is judged by gods, and there are only two things that cultivate the sweetest flower of life in blossoming prosperity:
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to have good fortune and a noble reputation. Do not seek to become Zeus; you have everything,
if a share of these fine things comes to you. Mortal aims befit mortal men. But for you, Phylacidas, flourishing twofold excellence is recorded at the Isthmus, and at Nemea for both you and Pytheas in the pancratium. But my heart
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cannot taste songs without telling of the race of Aeacus. I have come with the Graces for the sons of Lampon
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to this well-governed city. If Aegina turns her steps to the clear road of god-given deeds, then do not grudge
to mix for her in song a boast that is fitting recompense for toils. In heroic times, too, fine warriors gained fame, and they are celebrated with lyres and flutes in full-voiced harmonies
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for time beyond reckoning. Heroes who are honored by the grace of Zeus provide a theme for skilled poets:
among the Aetolians the brave sons of Oeneus are worshipped with shining sacrifices; in Thebes the horseman Iolaus has his honor, and Perseus in Argos, and the spearman Castor together with Polydeuces by the streams of Eurotas.
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But in Oenone the honors belong to the great-hearted spirits
