but labour in the field was never to my liking, nor the care of a household, which rears brilliant children, but oared ships were ever dear to me, and wars, and polished spears, and arrows,—grievous things, whereat others are accustomed to shudder.
ἔργον δέ μοι οὐ φίλον ἔσκεν οὐ δ' οἰκωφελίη , ἥ τε τρέφει ἀγλαὰ τέκνα , ἀλλά μοι αἰεὶ νῆες ἐπήρετμοι φίλαι ἦσαν καὶ πόλεμοι καὶ ἄκοντες ἐΰξεστοι καὶ ὀϊστοί , λυγρά , τά τ' ἄλλοισίν γε καταριγηλὰ πέλονται . [0]
ἔργον δέ ἐγώ οὐ φίλος εἰμί οὐ δέ οἰκωφελία , ὅς τε τρέφω ἀγλαός τέκνον , ἀλλά ἐγώ ἀεί ναῦς ἐπήρετμος φίλος εἰμί καί πόλεμος καί ἄκων εὔξεστος καί ὀιστός , λυγρός , ὁ τε ἄλλος γε καταριγηλός πέλω .