By hurling death through the ranks of the host of his fatherland’s foe⁠— + 

Be assured that he maketh his nation’s glory to shine more bright, + 

Yea, whether he live, or whether the hero in death lie low. + 

But thou, O scion of Diodotus, in that last fight + 

With strong Meleager didst vie⁠—yea, as his did thy battle-fire glow!⁠— + 

And with Hector and Amphiaraus vying + 

Didst breathe out youth’s fair bloom in thy dying + 