atque aliquis, cui mens humili laesisse veneno summa nec impositos umquam cervice volenti ferre duces, hancne Ogygiis, ait, aspera rebus Fata tulere vicem, totiens mutare timendos alternoque iugo dubitantia subdere colla? partiti versant populorum fata manuque Fortunam fecere levem.
Thus one of them, whose bent it was to harm the highest with lowly venom nor ever to bear with a willing neck the rulers placed over him: Have the harsh Fates dealt this portion to Thebes, so often to change them we must fear and bow doubting necks beneath an alternating yoke? Dividing with each other they direct the destiny of peoples and by force have made Fortune fickle.
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