τιμὰ δὲ γίνεται | ὧν θεὸς ἁβρὸν αὔξει λόγον τεθνακότων
Honor [tīmē] becomes the possession of those who get wording [logos] told about them, when they are dead, that is made great [auxein] and luxuriant [habros] by the god [theos].
The word habros ‘luxuriant’ applies here to victors who are already dead—but who are immortalized by songs that are sung in their praise. Although the immortalization is expressed here in material terms of luxury, the secureness of this materiality becomes transcendent by way of the song, which is not tied down by material concerns.