To one man has God given works of war, to another the dance, to another the lyre and song, and in the breast of another Zeus, whose voice is borne afar, puts a mind of understanding, from which many men get profit, and many he saves; but he knows it best himself.
ἄλλῳ μὲν γὰρ ἔδωκε θεὸς πολεμήϊα ἔργα , ἄλλῳ δ' ὀρχηστύν , ἑτέρῳ κίθαριν καὶ ἀοιδήν , ἄλλῳ δ' ἐν στήθεσσι τιθεῖ νόον εὐρύοπα Ζεὺς ἐσθλόν , τοῦ δέ τε πολλοὶ ἐπαυρίσκοντ' ἄνθρωποι , καί τε πολέας ἐσάωσε , μάλιστα δὲ καὐτὸς ἀνέγνω . [0] [1]
ἄλλος μέν γάρ δίδωμι θεός πολεμήιος ἔργον , ἄλλος δέ ὀρχηστύς , ἕτερος κίθαρις καί ἀοιδή , ἄλλος δέ ἐν στῆθος τίθημι νόος εὐρύοπα Ζεύς ἐσθλός , ὁ δέ τε πολύς ἐπαυρέω ἄνθρωπος , καί τε πολύς σώζω , μάλιστα δέ αὐτός ἀναγιγνώσκω .