"It is not possible to deceive the gods."

"For young men's spirits are too quickly stirr'd."

"For there is no more oppressive trouble for a man than a wandering life."

"For the winner a large tripod made to stride a fire / and worth a dozen oxen, so the soldiers reckoned. / For the loser he led a woman through their midst, / worth four, they thought, and skilled in m…"

"The gods have sent me on a long and difficult journey."