Şiir 1
Ode 1 For Argeius of Ceos Boys' Boxing Match (?) at the Isthmus Date unknown
Daughters of Zeus ruling on high, famed for the lyre, Pierian Muses weave
Isthmian land son-in-law of wise Nereus
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god-built gates of Pelops' shining island
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yoked horses to chariots,
of sleep, like honey to the mind our ancient city [homes] on the shores of the sea
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[and under] the rays of the sun
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and Makelo, loving the distaff,
by the fair-flowing stream speaks fawning with the voice
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I am bereaved with double-edged grief
on the third day warlike Minos came with a host of Cretans
in fifty ships with flashing sterns.
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And by the will of Zeus Eukleios he subdued the deep-waisted maiden Dexithea, and left with her half of his people,
battle-loving men, to whom he gave the craggy land as their share; and then he sailed off to the lovely city of Knossos,
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the king, the son of Europa. And in the tenth month the bride with beautiful hair bore
Euxantius, to be ruler over the glorious island
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