Iliad 4.320–323

ἀλλʼ οὔ πως ἅμα πάντα θεοὶ δόσαν ἀνθρώποισιν·

εἰ τότε κοῦρος ἔα νῦν αὖτέ με γῆρας ὀπάζει.

ἀλλὰ καὶ ὧς ἱππεῦσι μετέσσομαι ἠδὲ κελεύσω

βουλῇ καὶ μύθοισι· τὸ γὰρ γέρας ἐστὶ γερόντων.

But the gods do not give mortals everything at once.

If I was young then, now age attends me.

Yet even so I will stand among the chariot-fighters and command

with counsel and authoritative words—that is the honor allotted to elders.