O Muse, unto me full measure of inspiration accord, + 

And do thou, his daughter, upraise to the cloud-thronged heaven’s Lord + 

A noble hymn: I will blend it⁠—its strains as in spousals allying + 

With the lyre and the voices of singers. Aegina’s glorifying + 

Shall be a delightsome task; for there did the Myrmidons olden + 

Dwell: on the place where in ancient days were their gatherings holden + 

By thy favour no shameful reproach did Aristokleides bring + 

By weakness in that great strife of the strong in the athlete-ring + 