τὴν δ' ἠμείβετ' ἔπειτα θεὰ λευκώλενος Ἥρη:
μή με θεὰ Θέμι ταῦτα διείρεο. οἶσθα καὶ αὐτὴ
οἷος εκείνου θυμὸς ὑπερφίαλος καὶ ἀπηνής:
ἀλλὰ σύ γ' ἄρχε θεοῖσι: δόμοις ἔνι δαιτὸς ἐΐσης:
ταῦτα δὲ καὶ μετα πᾶσιν ἀκούσεαι ἀθανάτοισιν.
οἷα Ζεὺς κακὰ ἔργα πιφαύσκεται: οὐδέ τί φημὶ
πᾶσιν ὁμῶς θυμὸν κεχαρησέμεν. οὔτε βροτοῖσιν.
οὔτε θεοῖς. εἴ πέρ τις ἔτι νῦν δαίνυται ἔϋφρων.
Then made answer to her, the goddess, white-armed Hera: "Ask me not at large concerning this, O goddess Themis; of thyself thou knowest what manner of mood is his, how over-haughty and unbending. Nay, do thou begin for the gods the equal feast in the halls, and this shalt thou hear amid all the immortals, even what manner of evil deeds Zeus declareth. In no wise, methinks, will it delight in like manner the hearts of all, whether mortals or gods, if so be any even now still feasteth with a joyful mind."
