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Thou in the wrestlers’ strife with feet unfailing

Followest thy mother’s brethren glory-hymned:

Theognotus at Olympia stood prevailing;

His, nor Kleitomachus’ fame by thee is dimmed,

The mighty-limbed

At Isthmus victor. The Midylid Clan

Dost thou exalt, who gainest that fruition

Of glory of which the Prophet spake in vision

Before Thebes’ gates, who saw in battle’s van