The slow catches the swift; even as now Hephaestus, slow though he is, has out-stripped Ares for all that he is the swiftest of the gods who hold Olympus. Lame though he is, he has caught him by craft,
κιχάνει τοι βραδὺς ὠκύν , ὡς καὶ νῦν Ἥφαιστος ἐὼν βραδὺς εἷλεν Ἄρηα ὠκύτατόν περ ἐόντα θεῶν οἳ Ὄλυμπον ἔχουσιν , χωλὸς ἐὼν τέχνῃσι ·
κιχάνω τοι βραδύς ὠκύς , ὡς καί νῦν Ἥφαιστος εἰμί βραδύς αἱρέω Ἄρης ὠκύς πέρ εἰμί θεός ὅς Ὄλυμπος ἔχω , χωλός εἰμί τέχνη ·