This day, O Muse, in the presence of a friend it behoves thee to stand, + 

Even the King of Kyrene, the goodly battle-steed’s land, + 

That so, when Arkesilas leadeth the revel-dance sweeping along, + 

Thou at his side mayst be swelling the breeze of acclaiming song + 

Which is due unto Leto’s children, to Pytho the temple due, + 

Where of old, when Apollo’s presence was a glory that shone therethrough, + 

The priestess enthroned by the golden eagles of Zeus revealed + 

That Battus should found an empire in Libya’s fruitful field, + 

Should depart from his hallowed island, and build on the gleaming height + 

Of the breast of the earth a city of chariots splendour-dight. + 