Apollo.
I speak to you, Athena’s mighty council;
And what I speak is truth: the prophet lies not.
From my oracular seat was published never
To man, to woman, or to city aught
By my Olympian sire unfathered.[f18] Ye
How Justice sways the scale will wisely weigh;
But this remember—what my father wills
Is law. Jove’s will is stronger than an oath.
Chorus.