text_original: as festival games also for the poets. It was in just this spirit and no other, that at a later date the moral philosophers of Greece conceived the eyes of God as still looking down on the moral struggle, the heroism, and the self torture of the virtuous; the Heracles of duty was on a stage, and was conscious of the fact; virtue without witnesses was something quite unthinkable for this nation of actors.
text_transcription: AS FESTIVAL GAMES ALSO FOR THE POETS IT WAS IN JUST THIS SPIRIT AND NO OTHER THAT AT A LATER DATE THE MORAL PHILOSOPHERS OF GREECE CONCEIVED THE EYES OF GOD AS STILL LOOKING DOWN ON THE MORAL STRUGGLE THE HEROISM AND THE SELF TORTURE OF THE VIRTUOUS THE HERACLES OF DUTY WAS ON A STAGE AND WAS CONSCIOUS OF THE FACT VIRTUE WITHOUT WITNESSES WAS SOMETHING QUITE UNTHINKABLE FOR THIS NATION OF ACTORS
phonemes: æz fˈɛstɪvəl ɡˈeɪmz ˈɔːlsoʊ fɚðə pˈoʊɪts. ɪt wʌz ɪn dʒˈʌst ðɪs spˈɪɹɪt ænd nˈoʊ ˈʌðɚ, ðæt æɾə lˈeɪɾɚ dˈeɪt ðə mˈɔːɹəl fɪlˈɑːsəfɚz ʌv ɡɹˈiːs kənsˈiːvd ðɪ ˈaɪz ʌv ɡˈɑːd æz stˈɪl lˈʊkɪŋ dˌaʊn ɔnðə mˈɔːɹəl stɹˈʌɡəl, ðə hˈɛɹoʊˌɪzəm, ænd ðə sˈɛlf tˈɔːɹtʃɚɹ ʌvðə vˈɜːtʃuːəs; ðə hˈɛɹəkəlz ʌv dˈuːɾi wʌz ˌɔn ɐ stˈeɪdʒ, ænd wʌz kˈɑːnʃəs ʌvðə fˈækt; vˈɜːtʃuː wɪðˌaʊt wˈɪtnəsᵻz wʌz sˈʌmθɪŋ kwˈaɪt ʌnθˈɪŋkəbəl fɔːɹ ðɪs nˈeɪʃən ʌv ˈæktɚz.