Even as when a man gazes upon a minstrel who sings to mortals songs of longing that the gods have taught him, and their desire to hear him has no end, whensoever he sings,
ὡς δ' ὅτ' ἀοιδὸν ἀνὴρ ποτιδέρκεται , ὅς τε θεῶν ἒξ ἀείδει δεδαὼς ἔπε' ἱμερόεντα βροτοῖσι , τοῦ δ' ἄμοτον μεμάασιν ἀκουέμεν , ὁππότ' ἀείδῃ · [1] [0] [2]
ὡς δέ ὅτι ἀοιδός ἀνήρ προσδέρκομαι , ὅς τε θεός ἐκ ἀείδω δάω ἔπος ἱμερόεις βροτός , ὁ δέ ἄμοτον μέμαα ἀκούω , ὁπότε ἀείδω ·