But in society, and at the evening party (should the rest of those present be of lesser rank than himself) the Prometheus will once more become Prometheus, and the man who stands a step below him will treat him in a way never dreamt of by Ovid, seeing that each fly is of lesser account than its superior fly, and becomes, in the presence of the latter, even as a grain of sand.
Gizarteko bileretan eta gau-jaietan, beste gonbidatuak bera baino maila apalagokoak badira, gure Prometeok Prometeo izateari eutsiko dio; bera baino maila goragokoak badira, ordea, Ovidiok berak nekez irudikatuko zukeen itxuraldatzea jasango du: