Καλλιμάχου τὸ τορευτὸν ἔπος τόδε: δὴ γὰρ ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ
ὡνὴρ τοὺς Μουσέων πάντας ἔσεισε κάλους.
ἀείδει δ᾽ Ἑκάλης τε φιλοξείνοιο καλιὴν
καὶ Θησεῖ Μαραθὼν οὓς ἐπέθηκε πόνους,

τοῦ σοὶ καὶ νεαρὸν χειρῶν σθένος εἴη ἀρέσθαι,
Μάρκελλε, κλεινοῦ τ᾽ αἶνον ἴσον βιότου.

— Paton edition

This chiselled poem is Callimachus', for in it he
let out every reef of his Muse. He sings the hut of
hospitable Hecale, and all the labours that Marathon
imposed on Theseus. May the young strength of
Theseus' hands be thine, Marcellus,¹ and a life of
equal renown.

— Paton edition

This chiselled poem is Callimachus', for in it he
let out every reef of his Muse. He sings the hut of
hospitable Hecale, and all the labours that Marathon
imposed on Theseus. May the young strength of
Theseus' hands be thine, Marcellus,¹ and a life of
equal renown.

— Paton edition

Καλλιμάχου τὸ τορευτὸν ἔπος τόδε: δὴ γὰρ ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ
ὡνὴρ τοὺς Μουσέων πάντας ἔσεισε κάλους.
ἀείδει δ᾽ Ἑκάλης τε φιλοξείνοιο καλιὴν
καὶ Θησεῖ Μαραθὼν οὓς ἐπέθηκε πόνους,

τοῦ σοὶ καὶ νεαρὸν χειρῶν σθένος εἴη ἀρέσθαι,
Μάρκελλε, κλεινοῦ τ᾽ αἶνον ἴσον βιότου.

— Paton edition