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_In that manner_ (_archaic_) _he finished the statue of his / brother. It stands mid-way in the hall of laurels... between the / Siphnians' offering and the famous tripod of Naxos._
Only the priest / of the inmost house / has such height, / only the faun / in the glade / such light, strong ankles, / only the shade of the bay-tree / such rare dark / as the darkness / caught under the fillet / that covers your brow, / only the blade / of the ash-tree / such length, such beauty / as thou, / O my brother; / and only the gods / have such love / as I bring you; / but now, / taut with love, / more than any bright lover, / I vowed / to the innermost / god of the temple, / this vow.