Together with Athena, move your own hand too

Explanation

proverb advising one not to sit idle on hopes from the gods. The proverb is set down particularly for women, who ought to work; for Athena is "the worker." It is said from an ass-driver, whose ass had fallen into mud; he, when he should have helped, called instead upon Heracles. Euripides mentions this proverb. Others say that a man, about to compete, took an oracle from Athena that he would win; when the contest came on, going into the theatre and dropping his hands, he stood there until, beaten by his opponent, he was defeated.