Even as when the South Wind sheds a mist over the peaks of a mountain, a mist that the shepherd loves not, but that to the robber is better than night, and a man can see only so far as he casts a stone;
εὖτ' ὄρεος κορυφῇσι Νότος κατέχευεν ὀμίχλην ποιμέσιν οὔ τι φίλην , κλέπτῃ δέ τε νυκτὸς ἀμείνω , τόσσόν τίς τ' ἐπιλεύσσει ὅσον τ' ἐπὶ λᾶαν ἵησιν · [0]
εὖτε ὄρος κορυφή Νότος καταχεύω ὀμίχλη ποιμήν οὐ τις φίλος , κλέπτης δέ τε νύξ ἀμείνων , τόσος τις τε ἐπιλεύσσω ὅσος τε ἐπί λᾶας ἵημι ·