It is just and right and important, men of Athens, that we too should exercise care, as you are accustomed, that our
relations with the gods shall be piously maintained.1
Therefore our commission has been duly discharged for you, for we have sacrificed to Zeus
the Saviour and to Athena and to Victory, and these sacrifices have been auspicious and
salutary for you. We have also sacrificed to Persuasion and to the Mother of the Gods and
to Apollo, and here also we had favorable omens. And the sacrifices made to the other gods
portended for you security and stability and prosperity and safety. Do you, therefore,
accept the blessings which the gods bestow.