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290 You have bestowed honors on mortals more than just,

For which this pleasureless rock you 'll sentinel,

Standing erect, sleepless, not bending a knee;

And many sighs and lamentations to no purpose

Will you utter; for the mind of Zeus is hard to be changed;

And he is wholly rugged who may newly rule. Kr. Well, why dost thou delay and pity in vain?

Why not hate the god most hostile to gods,

Who has betrayed thy prize to mortals?

Heph. The affinity indeed is appalling, and the familiarity.

Kr. I agree, but to disobey the Father's words

How is it possible? Fear you not this more?

Heph. Ay, you are always without pity, and full of confidence. Kr. For 't is no remedy to bewail this one;

Cherish not vainly troubles which avail naught.

Heph. O much hated handicraft!

Kr. Why hatest it? for in simple truth, for these misfortunes

Which are present now Art's not to blame.

Heph. Yet I would 't had fallen to another's lot.

Kr. All things were done but to rule the gods,

For none is free but Zeus.