Verse
Works and Days
Book 1, Line 1 by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (English)
(ll. 1-10) Muses of Pieria who give glory through song, come hither, tell of Zeus your father and chant his praise. Through him mortal men are famed or un-famed, sung or unsung alike, as great Zeus wills. For easily he makes strong, and easily he brings the strong man low; easily he humbles the proud and raises the obscure, and easily he straightens the crooked and blasts the proud,-Zeus who thunders aloft and has his dwelling most high.
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