That lesson he learned in uttermost measure; + 

For, though he received a life of bliss + 

Mid the Children of Kronos, the gracious-souled, + 

He contented him not with its joys untold, + 

But for Hera he lusted frenzy-bold, + 

Of Zeus’s couch the inviolate treasure; + 

For presumption drave him on into this + 

His overweening infatuation. + 

But swiftly he reaped meet harvest of sin + 

To suffer of all hell’s torments the worst: + 

For his twofold transgression earned the Accurst + 

That vengeance⁠—the one, that he was the first + 

Who stained mankind with contamination + 

Of the treacherous spilling of blood of kin; + 