Isthmia vi, 62-73

"If ever, O Father Zeus, thou hast heard

My supplication with willing mind,

Now I beseech thee, with prophetic

Prayer, grant a bold son from Eribœa

To this man, my fated guest;

Rugged in body

As the hide of this wild beast

Which now surrounds me, which, first of all

My contests, I slew once in Nemea; and let his mind agree."