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Jump
(Ol. I, 1-7)
Water is best, and gold, like a blazing fire in the night, stands out
supreme of all lordly wealth. But if, my heart, you wish to sing of
contests, look no further for any star warmer than the sun, shining
by day through the lonely sky, and let us not proclaim any contest
greater than Olympia.