εἴποι τις παρὰ τύμβον ἰὼν ἀγέλαστος ὁδίτας
τοῦτ᾽ ἔπος: Ὀγδώκοντ᾽ ἐνθάδε μυριάδας
Σπάρτας χίλιοι ἄνδρες ἐπέσχον λήματι Περσῶν,
καὶ θάνον ἀστρεπτεί: Δώριος ἁ μελέτα.

— Paton edition

Qu'en longeant leur tertre un passant dise, grave, ces paroles: "Ici mille Spartiates arrêtèrent les huit cent mille hommes de la horde perse et moururent sans tourner la tête; voilà la discipline dorienne."

— Waltz edition

Some stranger passing gravely by the tomb might
say, " Here a thousand Spartans arrested by their
valour the advance of eighty myriads of Persians,
and died without turning their backs. That is
Dorian discipline."

— Paton edition

Dica taluno che mesto rasente la tomba cammini:
"Mille Spartani ad ottocentomila
combattenti persiani qui diedero scacco, morendo
senza voltarsi: disciplina dorica".

— Pontani, Filippo Maria (1978-81) (ed.): Antologia Palatina, 4 vols., Torino.

Dica taluno che mesto rasente la tomba cammini:
"Mille Spartani ad ottocentomila
combattenti persiani qui diedero scacco, morendo
senza voltarsi: disciplina dorica".

— Pontani, Filippo Maria (1978-81) (ed.): Antologia Palatina, 4 vols., Torino.

Some stranger passing gravely by the tomb might
say, " Here a thousand Spartans arrested by their
valour the advance of eighty myriads of Persians,
and died without turning their backs. That is
Dorian discipline."

— Paton edition

Qu'en longeant leur tertre un passant dise, grave, ces paroles: "Ici mille Spartiates arrêtèrent les huit cent mille hommes de la horde perse et moururent sans tourner la tête; voilà la discipline dorienne."

— Waltz edition

εἴποι τις παρὰ τύμβον ἰὼν ἀγέλαστος ὁδίτας
τοῦτ᾽ ἔπος: Ὀγδώκοντ᾽ ἐνθάδε μυριάδας
Σπάρτας χίλιοι ἄνδρες ἐπέσχον λήματι Περσῶν,
καὶ θάνον ἀστρεπτεί: Δώριος ἁ μελέτα.

— Paton edition