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Quotation from Theogony and Works and Days by Hesiod
“Of themselves diseases come upon men continually by day and by night, bringing mischief to mortals silently; for wise Zeus took away speech from them.”
Theogony and Works and Days, Works and Days, ll. 102-104, trans. Hugh G. Evelyn-White
The close of the Pandora story: the plagues released from the jar now wander the earth unseen and unheard.
Citation: "Of themselves diseases come upon men continually by day and by night, bringing mischief to mortals silently; for wise Zeus took away speech from them." — Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days, Works and Days, ll. 102-104, trans. Hugh G. Evelyn-White. (id hesiod-theogony-and-works-and-days-q2)
Portrait: Bust of an unknown Greek poet, long identified as Hesiod (the 'Pseudo-Seneca'), Roman copy, British Museum, Unknown Roman sculptor, Public domain.
