Verse

Hymn to Zeus

Hymn 1, Line 32 by E. H. Blakeney (English)

by wise obedience unto which they might attain a nobler life, with Reason harmonized.

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Reflect on this line

Full E. H. Blakeney translation from The Hymn of Cleanthes (London, 1921), resegmented into 39 aligned lines for compare reading while preserving the complete wording of the public-domain English witness.