Now be it mine to make such song-oblation, + 

To Zeus Kronion tendering dedication + 

Thereof, and Nemea. This my prelude be + 

To Timasarchus’ wrestling. Be it of thee + 

Welcomed, O Aiakids’ stronghold goodly-towered, + 

Beacon of justice, aliens’ sanctuary! + 

O were thy sire Timokritus yet dowered + 

With life’s heat by the sun all-quickening, + 

Oft bending o’er the changeful cithern-string + 

Would he have waked his music for his son, + 

And hymned the glorious triumph he hath won, + 