nor will the god in any way ward from him woeful destruction. But for which reason should he, a guiltless man, suffer woes vainly by reason of sorrows that are not his own?—whereas he ever gives acceptable gifts to the gods that hold broad heaven.
ἀλλὰ τί ἢ νῦν οὗτος ἀναίτιος ἄλγεα πάσχει μὰψ ἕνεκ' ἀλλοτρίων ἀχέων , κεχαρισμένα δ' αἰεὶ δῶρα θεοῖσι δίδωσι τοὶ οὐρανὸν εὐρὺν ἔχουσιν ;
ἀλλά τις ἤ νῦν οὗτος ἀναίτιος ἄλγος πάσχω μάψ ἕνεκα ἀλλότριος ἄχος , χαρίζομαι δέ ἀεί δῶρον θεός δίδωμι ὁ οὐρανός εὐρύς ἔχω ;