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stretched the gentle charmed bridle around its jaws and caught
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the winged horse. Mounted on its back and armored in bronze, at once he began to play with weapons. And with Pegasus, from the chilly bosom of the lonely air, Reading with Snell and MSS ψυχρῶν and ἐρήμου for ψυχρᾶς and ἐρηήμων, he once attacked the Amazons, the female army of archers,
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and he killed the fire-breathing Chimaera, and the Solymi. I shall pass over his death in silence; but Pegasus has found his shelter in the ancient stables of Zeus in Olympus,
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But I, while casting the whirling javelins with straight aim, must not miss the mark
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as I speed many shafts with the strength of my hands. I have come as a willing champion of the Muses on their splendid thrones and of the race of Oligaethus. I shall make their many victories at the Isthmus and at Nemea manifest in a few words; and, as a truthful witness under oath,
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the sweet-tongued cry of the noble herald, who announced their victories sixty times at both places, will confirm my words.
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Their victories at Olympia seem to have already been mentioned; and of those in the future I could tell clearly when the time comes. For now I am hopeful, although a god controls
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the outcome. If the good fortune of their family continues, we shall leave this to Zeus and Enyalius to accomplish. They won six times beneath the brow of Parnassus ; and all their victories in Argos and in Thebes, and all that shall be witnessed by the royal Lycaean altar that rules over the Arcadians,
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and by Pellana, and Sicyon, and Megara, the beautifully enclosed precinct of the Aeacidae,
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and Eleusis and splendid Marathon, and the wealthy and beautiful cities beneath the high crest of Aetna, and Euboea—you may search through all Greece, and you will find that their victories are more than the eye can see. Come, swim away with agile feet!
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Zeus the Accomplisher, grant reverence, and a sweet good fortune of delights.
Olympian 14 For Asopichus of Orchomenus Boys’ Foot Race ? 488 B. C. E.
