§7χώραν τῆς φωνῆς ὁμώνυμον αὐτὸν ἐποιήσαμεν τῷ τῆς αἰτίας ὀνόματι Δία προσαγορεύσαντες, ἐπειδήπερ διʼ αὐτὸν ἅπαντα γίγνεταί τε καὶ γέγονε.
By calling him Dia, we have given him a vocal position homonymous with the name of the cause, since through him all things come to be and have come to be.
καὶ ἡ ἡλίου τε ἄπαυστος κίνησις ὑπὲρ γῆς τε καὶ ὑπὸ γῆν Διός ἐστι πρόρρησις ἡλίῳ προειρημένη ὑπὲρ τῆς τοῦ παντὸς κόσμου φανότητος, καὶ σελήνης δρόμοι καὶ χορεῖαι πάντων ἄστρων Διός ἐστι διάκοσμος· ὅ τε τῆς περίρρους Ὠκεανὸς ἐκ Διὸς ὥσπερ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἐγένετο, οὕτω καὶ μένει τοὺς ἑαυτοῦ φυλάττων ὅρους.
And the unceasing movement of the sun above the earth and under the earth is a command of Zeus pre-announced to the sun for the brightness of the whole cosmos, and the courses of the moon and the dances of all the stars are the ordering of Zeus; and the surrounding Ocean, just as it arose from Zeus in the beginning, so also remains, guarding its own boundaries.
ὧραί τε καθʼ ἕκαστον ἔτος ἐκ περιτροπῆς γῆν τὴν πᾶσαν ἐπέρχονται.
And the seasons each year in turn pass over the entire earth.
καὶ ὁ πᾶς χρόνος εἰς ἡμέραν καὶ νύκτα μερισθεὶς πρέποντα τῷ καιρῷ τὰ ἑκατέρων ἔχει μήκη, ἀναπαύσεις τε καὶ τοὺς πόνους, ὡς δὴ ἁρμόττει, πλείους ἢ ἐλάττους παρεχόμενος· ἥ τε οὐρανοῦ καὶ ὄμβρου συνουσία Διός· καὶ Ἀπόλλων ἀνθρώποις χρησμῳδεῖ Διὸς νημερτέα βουλὴν, καὶ Ἀσκληπιὸς ἰᾶται, Ἀθηνᾶ τε Ἐργάνη Διὸς γνώμῃ ταύτην εἴληχε τὴν τάξιν, καὶ Ἥρα γαμηλία, καὶ Ἄρτεμις λοχία καὶ κυνηγέτις εὐεργετοῦσιν ἀνθρώπους, τὴν τοῦ μεγάλου σώζουσαι πάντων εὐεργέτου γνώμην.
And the whole of time, divided into day and night, has the lengths of each appropriate to the season, providing rests and labors, as indeed is fitting, whether greater or less; and the intercourse of heaven and rain is from Zeus; and Apollo prophesies to men the unerring counsel of Zeus, and Asclepius heals, and Athena Ergane by the will of Zeus has obtained this station, and marriage-ruling Hera, and Artemis of childbirth and the hunt benefit men, preserving the will of the great benefactor of all.
Πᾶνές τε ὀρῶν ἔνοικοι καὶ Νύμφαι ναμάτων ἐπίσκοποι σὺν Διὶ τὴν κληρουχίαν ἔχουσι.
And the Pans who inhabit the mountains and the Nymphs who oversee the streams have their allotment along with Zeus.
Ποσειδῶν τε καὶ Διόσκουροι σώζουσι τοὺς πλέοντας, πειθόμενοι Διὶ, καὶ Μοῦσαι μουσικὴν εὗρον καὶ κατέδειξαν Διὸς βουληθέντος εἶναι Μούσας καὶ μουσικὴν, θεῶν ἅμα καὶ ἀνθρώπων ἕνεκα.
And Poseidon and the Dioscuri save those who sail, obeying Zeus, and the Muses found and showed music because Zeus willed that there should be Muses and music, for the sake of both gods and men.
καὶ πάντα δὲ πανταχοῦ Διὸς μεστὰ καὶ πᾶσιν ἐφʼ ἑκάστης πράξεως παρίδρυται, ὥσπερ οἱ διδάσκαλοι τοῖς παισὶ καὶ οἱ παραβάται τοῖς ἡνιόχοις.
And indeed all things everywhere are full of Zeus, and he is stationed by everyone in every action, just as teachers are to children and chariot-fighters to charioteers.
καὶ ἁπάντων θεῶν εὐεργεσίαι Διός εἰσιν ἔργον, καὶ πάντες ἀνθρώπων ἐπιμελοῦνται, τὴν ὑπὸ τούτου παραδοθεῖσαν τάξιν φυλάττοντες, οἷον ἐν στρατοπέδῳ συμπάντων στρατηγοῦ.
And the benefits of all the gods are the work of Zeus, and all care for men, guarding the order delivered by him, as if in a camp under the general of all.
μοῖράν τε ἣν ἂν νείμῃ ἐπίσταται εἰκότως.
And the portion that he may allot, he knows naturally.
δίδωσι γὰρ αὐτὸς καὶ τοῦτʼ ἔστιν ἄφυκτος §8εἱμαρμένη, ὅ τι ἂν ἑκάστῳ νείμῃ Ζεὺς, οὗ πάντα τὰ ὄντα γεννήματα.
For he himself gives, and this is the inescapable fate, whatever Zeus may allot to each, of whom all existing things are offspring.
τοῦτον οὐκ ὀρῶν ἐκφεύγουσι κορυφαὶ, οὐ πηγαὶ ποταμῶν, οὐ πόλεις, οὐχ ἡ κάτω τῆς θαλάττης ψάμμος, οὐκ ἀστέρες, οὐ νὺξ ἔμπροσθεν ἵσταται, οὐχ ὕπνος τῶν τούτου μεγάλων τε καὶ μόνων ἑορακότων τἀληθὲς ὀφθαλμῶν.
From him, the peaks of mountains do not escape, nor the springs of rivers, nor cities, nor the sand beneath the sea, nor the stars, nor does night stand in his way, nor sleep before his eyes, which are great and alone have seen the truth.
ποταμῶν τε ὁ κάλλιστος καὶ ἀξιολογώτατος καὶ αὐτὸς ἄρα διιπετὴς Νεῖλος ἦν, ἅτε δὴ μιμούμενος τὸν πατέρα, καὶ οἷον ὕπαρχος ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ τῶν κατʼ Αἴγυπτον τεταγμένος, ἀντὶ τῶν Διὸς ὄμβρων αὐτὸς ἔπεισι καὶ πληροῖ τὴν γῆν.
And the most beautiful and noteworthy of rivers, the Nile, which is itself called "fallen from heaven," was surely imitating his father, and like a lieutenant appointed by him over the affairs of Egypt, instead of the rains of Zeus, he himself goes over and fills the land.
Ζεὺς πάντων πατὴρ καὶ οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς καὶ θεῶν καὶ ἀνθρώπων καὶ ποταμῶν καὶ φυτῶν, καὶ διὰ τοῦτον ὁρῶμεν καὶ ἔχομεν ὁπόσα ἔχομεν.
Zeus is the father of all, of heaven and earth, of gods and men, of rivers and plants, and through him we see and possess whatever we possess.
οὗτος ἁπάντων εὐεργέτης καὶ ἔφορος καὶ προστάτης, οὗτος πρύτανις καὶ ἡγεμὼν καὶ ταμίας ὄντων καὶ γιγνομένων ἁπάντων, οὗτος δοτὴρ ἁπάντων, οὗτος ποιητὴς, οὗτος ἐν μὲν ἐκκλησίαις καὶ δίκαις νίκην διδοὺς ἀγοραῖος κέκληται, ἐν δὲ μάχαις τροπαῖος, ἐν δὲ νόσοις καὶ πᾶσι καιροῖς βοηθῶν σωτὴρ, οὗτος ἐλευθέριος, οὗτος μειλίχιος· εἰκότως, ἅτε καὶ πατήρ.
He is the benefactor, overseer, and protector of all; he is the president, leader, and steward of all things that exist and come to be; he is the giver of all, he is the maker; he is called Agoraios because he gives victory in assemblies and trials, Tropaios in battles, Soter because he helps in sickness and all crises; he is Eleutherios, he is Meilichios; naturally so, since he is also a father.
οὗτος βασιλεὺς, πολιεὺς, καταιβάτης, ὑέτιος, οὐράνιος, κορυφαῖος, πάνθʼ ὅσα αὐτὸς εὗρε μεγάλα καὶ ἑαυτῷ πρέποντα ὀνόματα.
He is Basileus, Polieus, Kataibates, Hyetios, Ouranios, Koryphaios, and all the great names that he himself devised and that are fitting for him.
οὗτος ἁπάντων ἀρχὰς καὶ πέρατα καὶ μέτρα καὶ κλήρους ἔχων, ἴσον πανταχοῦ πάντων κρατῶν, αὐτὸς ἂν μόνος εἰπὼν ἃ χρὴ περὶ αὑτοῦ, θεὸς ἅτε πλέον τι λαχών· τοῦτο γὰρ οὖν Πινδάρῳ κάλλιον ἢ ἄλλʼ ὁτιοῦν ὁτῳοῦν εἴρηται περὶ Διός.
He holds the beginnings, ends, measures, and allotments of all things, ruling all things equally everywhere, he who alone might speak what is fitting about himself, inasmuch as he is a god who has received a greater portion; for indeed this has been spoken by Pindar concerning Zeus more beautifully than anything else by anyone else.
ἀπὸ τούτου ἄρχεσθαι χρὴ καὶ τελευτᾶν εἰς τοῦτον, παντὸς λόγου καὶ πάσης πράξεως ἡγεμόνα καὶ βοηθὸν καλοῦντας, ὥσπερ εἰκὸς τὸν ἁπάντων κρατοῦντα ἀρχηγέτην καὶ τέλειον μόνον αὐτὸν ὄντα τῶν πάντων.
From him one must begin and in him one must end, calling upon him as leader and helper of every word and every action, as is fitting for the ruler of all, who alone is both the beginner and the perfecter of all things.