Myself then last of all at the entering in of my door shall ravening dogs rend, when some man by thrust or cast of the sharp bronze has reft my limbs of life—even the dogs that in my halls I reared at my table to guard my door, which then having drunk my blood in the madness of their hearts, shall lie there in the gateway.
αὐτὸν δ' ἂν πύματόν με κύνες πρώτῃσι θύρῃσιν ὠμησταὶ ἐρύουσιν , ἐπεί κέ τις ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ τύψας ἠὲ βαλὼν ῥεθέων ἐκ θυμὸν ἕληται , οὓς τρέφον ἐν μεγάροισι τραπεζῆας θυραωρούς , οἵ κ' ἐμὸν αἷμα πιόντες ἀλύσσοντες περὶ θυμῷ κείσοντ' ἐν προθύροισι .
αὐτός δέ ἄν πύματος ἐγώ κύων πρῶτος θύρα ὠμηστής ἐρύω1 , ἐπεί ἄν τις ὀξύς χαλκός τύπτω ἠέ βάλλω ῥέθος ἐκ θυμός αἱρέω , ὅς τρέφω ἐν μέγαρον τραπεζεύς θυραωρός , ὅς ἄν ἐμός αἷμα πίνω ἀλύσσω περί θυμός κεῖμαι ἐν πρόθυρον .