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Chorus
Starry night does not remain constant with men, nor does tribulation, nor wealth; in a moment it is gone from us, and to another in his turn come both [135] gladness and bereavement. So I urge even you, our Queen, to keep these matters firmly in your outlook. You must, for who has [140] known Zeus to be so without care for his children?
Sophocles. The Trachiniae of Sophocles. Edited with introduction and notes by Sir Richard Jebb. Sir Richard Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1892.
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