Dangerless virtues,

Neither among men, nor in hollow ships,

Are honorable; but many remember if a fair deed is done.

ORIGIN OF RHODES

Olympia vii, 100-129

Ancient sayings of men relate,

That when Zeus and the Immortals divided earth,

Rhodes was not yet apparent in the deep sea;

But in salt depths the island was hid.

And, Helios being absent, no one claimed for him his lot;