So I believe from of old was the good pleasure of Zeus, and of the son of Zeus, the god that smites afar, even of them that in the past were accustomed to help me with ready hearts;
ἦ γάρ ῥα πάλαι τό γε φίλτερον ἦεν Ζηνί τε καὶ Διὸς υἷι ἑκηβόλῳ , οἵ με πάρος γε πρόφρονες εἰρύατο ·
ἦ γάρ ἄρα πάλαι ὁ γε φίλτερος εἰμί Ζεύς τε καί Ζεύς υἱός ἑκηβόλος , ὅς ἐγώ πάρος γε πρόφρων ἐρύω2 ·