The words of truth are simple.
Only one accomplishment is beyond both the power and the mercy of the Gods. They cannot make the past as though it had never been.
For hostile word let hostile word be paid.
We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity.
For Hades is mighty in calling men to account below the earth, and with a mind that records in tablets he surveys all things.
But I will place this carefully fed pig Within the crackling oven; and, I pray, What nicer dish can e'er be given to man.