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Πινδάρου δὲ καὶ τῶν μελῶν ἐραστὴν γενέσθαι τὸν Πᾶνα μυθολογοῦσιν. ἀπέδωκε δέ τινα τιμὴν καὶ Ἀρχιλόχωι καὶ Ἡσιόδωι τελευτήσασι διὰ τὰς Μούσας τὸ δαιμόνιον. Σοφοκλεῖ δὲ καὶ ζῶντι τὸν Ἀσκληπιὸν ἐπιξενωθῆναι λόγος ἐστί, πολλὰ μέχρι νῦν διασώιζων τεκμήρια, καὶ τελευτήσαντι τυχεῖν ταφῆς ἄλλος θεός, ὡς λέγεται, παρέσχεν.

They say that Pan became a lover of Pindar’s songs. And the divine power gave a certain honour both to Archilochus and to Hesiod after they had died on account of the Muses. As for Sophocles, the story goes—for which there are many proofs even today—that Asclepius was given hospitality by him whilst he was still alive and that when he died another god ensured that he received burial.

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