Zeus

Victory Odes

Supreme god, often invoked as the patron of the Olympic games and divine justice.

I For Hiero of Syracuse

Invoked as Kronion, the god of Olympia, whose praise is sung in the ode.

II For Theron of Akragas

Kronos' son, lord of Olympus, swayed by Thetis' petition.

IV For Psaumis of Camarina

Invoked as the hurler of thunderbolts and Son of Kronos, whose dominion includes Etna.

V For Psaumis of Camarina

Invoked as the cloud-hidden Savior throned on the Kronian hill-crest.

VI For Agesias of Syracuse

Kronion, god of the Olympian games, whose altar is the site of Iamus' second oracle.

VII For Diagoras of Rhodes

Supreme god, father of Heracles and Athena, who rained gold on Rhodes and oversaw the allotment of lands.

VIII For Alkimedon of Aegina

Supreme god, invoked for favor and associated with the lightning and the oracle at Olympia.

IX For Epharmostus of Opus

Invoked as the god who hurls lightning and is praised for his role in the founding of Opus.

X For Agesidamus of Locri Epizephyrii

Supreme god, honored by Heracles with the Olympic festival; his statutes inspire the song.

XII For Ergoteles of Himera

Invoked as the father of Fortune the Saver, the daughter of Zeus the Deliverer.

XIII For Xenophon of Corinth

Olympian Lord most high, invoked for blessing and fortune.

XIV For Asopichus of Orchomenus

Referenced as the Olympian Sire, father of the Graces.

I For Hiero of Syracuse

Supreme god, whose eagle is lulled by the lyre; invoked for continued prosperity.

IV

Ancestral father of the race of Jason and Pelias, witness to their oath.

VII For Megakles of Athens

Mentioned as Zeus Kronion in the context of the Olympian feast where Megakles won his prize.

IX For Telesikrates of Kyrene

Supreme god, referenced as the father of Heracles and as a model of immortality.

The Nemean Odes

Supreme god honored at the Nemean Games, often invoked as the source of victory.

I For Chromius of Etna

Father of Heracles, invoked as giver of victory and lord of Olympia.

II For Timodemus of Acharnae

Invoked as the prelude to the ode, with the Nemean Grove dedicated to Zeus.

V For Pytheas of Aegina

Allfather who witnessed Peleus' virtue and pledged Thetis as his bride.

VIII For Deinias of Aegina

Invoked as Olympian Zeus, father of Aiakus, and addressed in a prayer for innocence.

IX For Chromius of Etna

Invoked as Kronion, asked to grant Etna fair governance and to bless Chromius' fame.

X For Theaius of Argos

Father of Polydeukes and Kastor, who grants Polydeukes the choice of immortality or shared fate with Kastor.

XI

Referred to as Kronion in the context of Olympia and the 'Great Oath'.

II

Zeus Kronion, whose Elean heralds proclaimed the season of games and remembered Xenokrates' hospitality.

III For Melissus of Thebes

Invoked as the source of all excellence and the one who blesses the reverent.

VI

Addressed as the supreme god, recipient of prayers and libations.

VIII For Kleandros of Aegina

King of the gods; father of Aiakus, involved in the contest for Thetis.