Ὄλβιος ὅστις ἰδὼν κεῖν’ εἶσ’ ὑπὸ χθόν’·
οἶδε μὲν βίου τελευτάν,
οἶδεν δὲ διόσδοτον ἀρχάν
(Pindar, fr. 137)
Blessed is he who sees them* and goes beneath the earth;
he knows the end of life
and knows its Zeus-given beginning.* the Eleusinian mysteries.
(tr. William H. Race)