Of everlasting fire. And the eagle sleeps on the sceptre of Zeus,

Drooping his swift wings on either side,

The king of birds.

Pythia i, 25-28

Whatever things Zeus has not loved

Are terrified, hearing

The voice of the Pierians,

On earth and the immeasurable sea.

Pythia ii, 159-161

A plain-spoken man brings advantage to every government,—