Ζεὺς δὲ πατὴρ, Ἴ̈δηθεν ἐΰτροχον ἅρμα καὶ ἵ̈ππους
Οὔλυμπον δὲ δίωκε, θεῶν δ' ἐξίκετο θώκους:
τῷ δὲ καὶ ἵππους μὲν λῦσεν κλυτὸς ἐννοσίγαιος:
ἅρματα δ' ἂμ βωμοῖσι τίθει κατα λῖτα πετάσσας:
αὐτὸς δὲ χρύσειον ἐπι θρόνον εὐρύοπα Ζεὺς
ἕζετο. τῷ δ' ὑπὸ ποσσὶ μέγας πελεμίζετ' Ὄλυμπος:
αἱ δ' οἶαι Διὸς ἀμφὶς Ἀθηναίη τε καὶ Ἥρη
ἥσθην. οὐδέ τι μιν προσεφώνεον, οὐδ' ἐρέοντο:
αὐτὰρ ὃ ἔγνω ᾗσιν ἐνι φρεσὶ. φώνησέν τε:
τίφθ' οὕτω τετίησθον Ἀθηναίη τε καὶ Ἥρη:
οὐ μέν θην κάμετόν γε μάχῃ ἔνι κυδιανείρῃ
ὀλλῦσαι Τρῶας. τοῖσιν κότον αἰνὸν ἔθεσθε:
πάντως οἷον ἐμόν γε μένος καὶ χεῖρες ἄαπτοι.
οὐκ άν με τρέψειαν ὅσοι θεοί εἰς' ἐν Ὀλύμπῳ:
σφῶϊν δὲ, πρίν περ τρόμος ἔλλαβε φαίδιμα γυῖα.
πρὶν πόλεμόν τ' ἰ̈δέειν. πολέμοιό τε μέρμερα ἔργα:
ὧδε γὰρ ἐξερέω. τό δε κεν τετελεσμένον ῆεν:
οὐκ ὰν ἐφ' ὑμετέρων ὀχέων. πληγέντε κεραυνῷ.
ὰψ ἐς Ὄλυμπον ΐκεσθον. ἵν' ἀθανάτων ἕδος ἐστίν:
But father Zeus drave from Ida his well-wheeled chariot and his horses unto Olympus, and came to the session of the gods. And for him the famed Shaker of Earth both unyoked his horses and set the car upon a stand, and spread thereover a cloth; and Zeus, whose voice is borne afar, himself sat upon his throne of gold, and beneath his feet great Olympus quaked. Only Athene and Hera sat apart from Zeus, and spake no word to him nor made question. But he knew in his heart and spake, saying: "Why are ye thus grieved, Athene and Hera? Surely ye twain be not grown weary with making havoc of the Trojans in battle, wherein men win glory, seeing ye cherish against them wondrous hate! Come what will, seeing I have such might and hands irresistible, all the gods that are in Olympus could not turn me; and for you twain, trembling gat hold of your glorious limbs or ever ye had sight of war and the grim deeds of war. For thus will I speak, and verily this thing had been brought to pass: not upon your car, once ye were smitten by the thunderbolt, would ye have fared back to Olympus, where is the abode of the immortals."
