And Pindar expressly introduces also Zeus Soter, the consort of Themis, proclaiming him King, Saviour, Just, in the following lines:--
"First, prudent Themis, of celestial birth,
On golden steeds, by Ocean's rock,
The Fates brought to the stair sublime,
The shining entrance of Olympus,
Of Saviour Zeus for aye [3182] to be the spouse,
And she, the Hours, gold-diademed, fair-fruited, good, brought forth." [3183]
He, then, who is not obedient to the truth, and is puffed up with human teaching, is wretched and miserable, according to Euripides:--
"Who these things seeing, yet apprehends not God,
But mouthing lofty themes, casts far
Perverse deceits; stubborn in which, the tongue
Its shafts discharges, about things unseen,
Devoid of sense."
[3182] archaian.
[3183] The reading of H. Stephanus, agathas Horas, is adopted in the translation. The text has agatha soteras. Some supply Oras, and at the same time retain soteras.
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