“The will of Zeus,
The hand of his Hephæstus.”

Source: Prometheus Bound, line 619 (tr. Elizabeth Barrett Browning)

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βούλευμα μὲν τὸ Δῖον, Ἡφαίστου δὲ χείρ.

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ancient Athenian playwright -525–-456 BC

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