But as for valour, it is Zeus that increases it for men or diminishes it, even as himself wills,
Ζεὺς δ' ἀρετὴν ἄνδρεσσιν ὀφέλλει τε μινύθει τε ὅππως κεν ἐθέλῃσιν ·
Ζεύς δέ ἀρετή ἀνήρ ὀφέλλω τε μινύθω τε ὅπως ἄν ἐθέλω ·