Tò dè patheîn eû prō̂ton aéthlōn; eû d’ akoúein deutérā moîr’; amphotéroisi d’ anḗrᵢ | [ hòsᵢ àn enkúrsēi kai hélēi ], stéphanon  húpsiston dédektaiᵢ .
ART:NOM.SG CONN undergo:INF.AOR well first:NOM.SG prize:GEN.PL well CONN hear:INF.PST second:NOM.SG lot:NOM.SG both:DAT.PL CONN man:NOM.SG REL:NOM.SG IRR gain:SBJV.PRS.3s and take:SBJV.PRS.3s crown:ACC.SG  highest:ACC.SG get:PRS.3s
Success is the best prize; good reputation is the second lot; with both of them, a man who gains and takes them gets the highest crown.” (P.1.99–100)