Νικίεω πόνος οὗτος: ἀειζώουσα Νεκυία
ἤσκημαι πάσης ἠρίον ἡλικίης:
δώματα δ᾽ Αἰδωνῆος ἐρευνήσαντος Ὁμήρου
γέγραμμαι κείνου πρῶτον ἀπ᾽ ἀρχετύπου.

— Paton edition

This is the work of Nicias. I am painted here an
ever-living City of the dead, the tomb of every age.
It was Homer who explored the house of Hades, and
I am copied from him as my first original.

— Paton edition