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TRANSLATIONS FROM PINDAR
TOIL.
Isthmia i. 65–71.
One reward of labors is sweet to one man, one to another,—
To the shepherd, and the plower, and the bird-catcher,
And whom the sea nourishes.
But every one is tasked to ward off
Grievous famine from the stomach.
THE VENALITY OF THE MUSE.
Isthmia ii. 9–18.
Then the Muse was not
Fond of gain, nor a laboring woman;
Nor were the sweet-sounding,
Soothing strains
Of Terpsichore sold,
With silvered front.
But now she directs to observe the saying
Of the Argive, coming very near the truth,
Who cried, "Money, money, man,"
Being bereft of property and friends.
HERCULES' PRAYER CONCERNING AJAX, SON OF TELAMON.
Isthmia vi. 62–73.
"If ever, O Father Zeus, thou hast heard
My supplication with willing mind,
