πέντε μετ᾽ ἄλλων Χάρμος ἐν Ἀρκαδίᾳ δολιχεύων,
θαῦμα μέν, ἀλλ᾽ ὄντως ἕβδομος ἐξέπεσεν.

ἓξ ὄντων, τάχ᾽ ἐρεῖς, πῶς ἕβδομος ; εἷς φίλος αὐτοῦ,

θάρσει, Χάρμε, λέγων, ἦλθεν ἐν ἱματίῳ.

ἕβδομος οὖν οὕτω παραγίνεται: εἰ δ᾽ ἔτι πέντε
εἶχε φίλους, ἦλθ᾽ ἄν, Ζωίλε, δωδέκατος.

— Paton edition

Charmus in Arcadia in the long race with five
others came in (wonderful to say, but it is a fact)
seventh. “As there were six,” you will probably
say, “ how seventh ? ” A friend of his came in his
overcoat calling out “ Go it, Charmus,” so that thus
he ran in seventh and if he had had five more
friends, Zoilus, he would have come in twelfth.

— Paton edition

Charmos, en Arcadie, prenait part contre cinq concurrents à une course de fond. Prodige! Oui,. c'est la vérité, il arriva... septième! "Ils étaient six", dira-t-on aussitôt, "comment put-il arriver septième?".-- Un de ses amis survint en criant: "Courage Charmos!'-- il était en manteau. Ainsi donc Charmos arriva septième; eût-il eu encore cinq autres amis, oui Zoïle, il arrivait douzième!

— R. Aubreton

Charmos, en Arcadie, prenait part contre cinq concurrents à une course de fond. Prodige! Oui,. c'est la vérité, il arriva... septième! "Ils étaient six", dira-t-on aussitôt, "comment put-il arriver septième?".-- Un de ses amis survint en criant: "Courage Charmos!'-- il était en manteau. Ainsi donc Charmos arriva septième; eût-il eu encore cinq autres amis, oui Zoïle, il arrivait douzième!

— R. Aubreton

Charmus in Arcadia in the long race with five
others came in (wonderful to say, but it is a fact)
seventh. “As there were six,” you will probably
say, “ how seventh ? ” A friend of his came in his
overcoat calling out “ Go it, Charmus,” so that thus
he ran in seventh and if he had had five more
friends, Zoilus, he would have come in twelfth.

— Paton edition

πέντε μετ᾽ ἄλλων Χάρμος ἐν Ἀρκαδίᾳ δολιχεύων,
θαῦμα μέν, ἀλλ᾽ ὄντως ἕβδομος ἐξέπεσεν.

ἓξ ὄντων, τάχ᾽ ἐρεῖς, πῶς ἕβδομος ; εἷς φίλος αὐτοῦ,

θάρσει, Χάρμε, λέγων, ἦλθεν ἐν ἱματίῳ.

ἕβδομος οὖν οὕτω παραγίνεται: εἰ δ᾽ ἔτι πέντε
εἶχε φίλους, ἦλθ᾽ ἄν, Ζωίλε, δωδέκατος.

— Paton edition