“The issues of victory among men depend on the gods,” The text has: Νίκης ἀνθρώποισι θεῶν ἐκ πείρατα κεῖται. In Iliad, vii. 101, 102, we read: αὐτὰρ ϋὕερθεν Νίκης πείρατ᾽ ἔχονται ἐν ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσιν.