which rots not in the rain, and two white stones on either side thereof are firmly set against it at the joinings of the course, and about it is smooth ground for driving. By chance it is a monnment of some man long ago dead, or by chance was made the turning-post of a race in days of men of old; and now has switft-footed brilliant Achilles appointed it his turningpost.
τὸ μὲν οὐ καταπύθεται ὄμβρῳ , λᾶε δὲ τοῦ ἑκάτερθεν ἐρηρέδαται δύο λευκὼ ἐν ξυνοχῇσιν ὁδοῦ , λεῖος δ' ἱππόδρομος ἀμφὶς ἤ τευ σῆμα βροτοῖο πάλαι κατατεθνηῶτος , ἢ τό γε νύσσα τέτυκτο ἐπὶ προτέρων ἀνθρώπων , καὶ νῦν τέρματ' ἔθηκε ποδάρκης δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς . [0] [1]
ὁ μέν οὐ καταπύθω ὄμβρος , λᾶας δέ ὁ ἑκάτερθε ἐρείδω δύο λευκός ἐν συνοχή ὁδός , λεῖος δέ ἱππόδρομος ἀμφίς ἤ τις σῆμα βροτός πάλαι καταθνήσκω , ἤ ὁ γε νύσσα τεύχω ἐπί πρότερος ἄνθρωπος , καί νῦν τέρμα τίθημι ποδάρκης δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς .