It beseems that in guerdon of glorious achievement the deeds of the valiant we sing; + 

It beseems that mid triumph-procession with grace of loving welcoming + 

Should our praises conspire to exalt him! In contests twain hath fortune fair + 

Favoured Melissus, to turn his heart to delightsome joy from care. + 

In the glens of the Isthmus he won for him crowns: where the thunder-throated lion + 

Prowled through the cavernous Nemean dell, he proclaimed him Thebe’s scion + 