For on this way have the gods spun the thread for wretched mortals, that they should live in pain;
ὡς γὰρ ἐπεκλώσαντο θεοὶ δειλοῖσι βροτοῖσι ζώειν ἀχνυμένοις ·
ὡς γάρ ἐπικλώθω θεός δειλός βροτός ζῶ ἀχεύω ·