Pausanias Description of Greece 1.17.1

[1] In the Agora [‘Marketplace’] of the Athenians there are things that are not meaningful [ epi-sēma] to all [though they are meaningful to me]. Among such things is an altar [ bōmos] [sacred] to Pity [ Eleos] [personified]. Of all the other gods [ theoi] he [= Eleos] is the most helpful [ ōphelimos] in the life [ bios] of-humans [ anthrōpinos] and in the vicissitudes of their affairs [ pragmata], but only the Athenians, alone among the Greeks [ Hellēnes], assign [ nemein] to him [= Eleos] honors [ tīmai] [of worship]. And they [= the Athenians] have institutionalized not only those things that pertain to love-of-humanity [ philanthrōpiā] but they also piously-engage-in-rituals [ eusebeîn] more than the others. I say-this-because [ gar] they also have an altar [ bōmos] [sacred] to Decency [ Aidōs] [personified], one to Special-Wording [ Phēmē] [personified], and one to Initiative [ Hormē] [personified]. It is clear [ dēla], visibly [ enargōs] so, that those who excel in piously-engaging-in-ritual [ eu-sebeîn] have an equally great share in good [ khrēstē] fortune [ tukhē].