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But thou, Far-smiter, of whose presence haunted

Is that world-welcoming fane in Pytho’s glen,

Even there unto our champion hast thou granted

The greatest of all joys within the ken

Of mortal men.

In the home-isle, at Artemis’ Feast and thine

The Fivefold Contest’s prize by thee was given

To him, for which men passionately have striven.

O King, I pray thee, graciously incline