VI

Hail, and be of comfort, thou pious Xeno,

Late the urn of many a kinsman wreathing;

On thine own shall even the stranger offer

Plentiful myrtle.

VII

Here lies one in the earth who scarce of the earth was moulded,

Wise Æthalides’ son, himself no lover of study,

Cnopus, asleep, indoors: the young invincible runner.

They from the cliff footpath that see on the grave we made him,