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Ode 4 For Hieron of Syracuse Chariot Race at Delphi 470 B. C.
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Golden-haired Apollo still loves the state of Syracuse and honors Hieron, the city's lawful ruler. For his praises are sung as a Pythian victor for a third time beside the navel of the high-ridged land,
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through the excellence of his swift-footed horses. Ourania's sweet-voiced cockerel, ruler of the lyre
but with willing mind
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showered with hymns.
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And yet a fourth time we would be honoring the son of Deinomenes if some
held the scales of Justice
he can be crowned with garlands, as the only man on earth who has accomplished this in the vale of
Cirrha
by the sea; and he has two Olympian victories to sing of as well. What is better than to be loved by the gods
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and to be granted a share of every kind of noble deed?
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Epinicians. Bacchylides. Diane Arnson Svarlien (Translator). New Haven, CT. 1996.
Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.
Funding provided by The Annenberg CPB/Project.