Simonides idem ille de quo rettuli, victori laudem cuidam pyctae ut scriberet certo conductus pretio, secretum petit, exigua cum frenaret materia impetum, usus poetae more est et licentia atque interposuit gemina Ledae sidera, auctoritatem similis referens gloriae.
That same Simonides, of whom I have spoken, having agreed for a definite sum to write an ode in praise of a certain boxer who had been victorious, went into retirement for the purpose. Since the meagreness of the subject hindered his soaring spirit, he availed himself of the usual poetic licence and brought in the twin stars, sons of Leda, citing them as models of prowess in the same field.
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