Yea, to this day that law of honour holds: the Muses’ car + 

Speeds on to sound his glory forth who won the gauntlet-fight + 

In Isthmus’ glade, even Nikokles. Oh, peal his praise afar + 

Who won the Dorian parsley-crown, who vanquished by his might, + 

He too, all rivals, hurled them back with leap as of a lion. + 

Nor him dishonoureth now his father’s noble brother’s scion. + 

Twine then, ye comrades of the victor, twine the tender greenness + 

Of myrtle for his brows! Alkathous’ contest hailed his keenness + 

Of courage with fair fortune. Yea, with welcoming acclaim + 

The sons of Epidaurus met him. Meet it is the fame + 

Of such be sung by good men; for he hid not from the light, + 

As in oblivion’s pit, the splendour of his youthful might. + 