Ajax of the ponderous spear, mighty son of Telamon, They call you bravest of the Greeks, next to the great Achilles, Telamon came first, and of the Greeks the second man Was Ajax, and with him there came invincible Achilles. XVI. Would that I were an ivory lyre, Struck by fair boys to great Iacchus' taste; Or golden trinket pure from fire, Worn by a lady fair, of spirit chaste. XVII. Drink with me, and sport with me, Love with me, wear crowns with me, Be mad with me when I am moved with rage, And modest when I yield to counsels sage. XVIII. A scorpion 'neath every stone doth lie, And secrets usually hide treachery. XIX. A sow one acorn has, and wants its brother; And I have one fair maid, and seek another. XX. A wanton and a bath-keeper both cherish the same fashion, Giving the worthless and the good the self-same bath to wash in. XXI. Give Cedon wine, O slave, and fill it up, If you must give each worthy man a cup. XXII. Alas! Leipsydrium, you betray A host of gallant men, Who for their country many a day Have fought, and would again. And even when they fell, their race In their great actions you may trace.[140] XXIII. The man who never will betray his friend, Earns fame of which nor earth nor heaven shall see the end. Some also call that a scolium which was composed by Hybrias the Cretan; and it runs thus— XXIV. I have great wealth, a sword, and spear, And trusty shield beside me here; With these I plough, and from the vine Squeeze out the heart-delighting wine; They make me lord of everything. But they who dread the sword and spear, And ever trusty shield to bear, Shall fall before me on their knees, And worship me whene'er I please, And call me mighty lord and king. [Sidenote: SCOLIA.] 51. After this, Democritus said;—But the song which was composed by that most learned writer, Aristotle, and addressed to Hermias[141] of Atarneus, is not a pæan, as was asserted by Demophilus, who instituted a prosecution against the philosopher, on the ground of impiety (having been suborned to act the part of accuser by Eurymedon, who was ashamed to appear himself in the business). And he rested the charge of impiety on the fact of his having been accustomed to sing at banquets a pæan addressed to Hermias. But that this song has no characteristic whatever of a pæan, but is a species of scolium, I will show you plainly from its own language—