It is not minstrels that are to blame, but Zeus, I believe, is to blame, who gives to men that live by toil, to each one as he will.
οὔ νύ τ' ἀοιδοὶ αἴτιοι , ἀλλά ποθι Ζεὺς αἴτιος , ὅς τε δίδωσιν ἀνδράσιν ἀλφηστῇσιν , ὅπως ἐθέλῃσιν , ἑκάστῳ . [0] [1]
οὐ νῦν τε ἀοιδός αἴτιος , ἀλλά ποθι Ζεύς αἴτιος , ὅς τε δίδωμι ἀνήρ ἀλφηστής , ὅπως ἐθέλω , ἕκαστος .