Chorus: O Fortune, envious of the brave,
Unjustly are thy prizes given!525
Behold Eurystheus reigns at ease,
While our Alcmena's noble son,
With hands which could the heavens uplift,
Must endless wars with monsters wage;
Must sever the hydra's teeming necks,
And from the cheated sisters bear530
The apples, when the dragon huge,