I would that I my own self were all my days as surely the son of Zeus, that bears the aegis, and my mother were the queenly Hera, and that I were honoured even as are Athene and Apollo, as truly this day bears evil for the Argives, one and all; and among them shall you too be slain, if you have the heart to remain my long spear, that shall rend your lily-like skin;
εἰ γὰρ ἐγὼν οὕτω γε Διὸς πάϊς αἰγιόχοιο εἴην ἤματα πάντα , τέκοι δέ με πότνια Ἥρη , τιοίμην δ' ὡς τίετ' Ἀθηναίη καὶ Ἀπόλλων , ὡς νῦν ἡμέρη ἥδε κακὸν φέρει Ἀργείοισι πᾶσι μάλ' , ἐν δὲ σὺ τοῖσι πεφήσεαι , αἴ κε ταλάσσῃς μεῖναι ἐμὸν δόρυ μακρόν , ὅ τοι χρόα λειριόεντα δάψει ·
εἰ γάρ ἐγώ οὕτως γε Ζεύς παῖς αἰγίοχος εἰμί ἦμαρ πᾶς , τίκτω δέ ἐγώ πότνια Ἥρα , τίνω δέ ὡς τίνω Ἀθήνη καί Ἀπόλλων , ὡς νῦν ἡμέρα ὅδε κακός φέρω Ἀργεῖος πᾶς μάλα , ἐν δέ σύ ὁ θείνω , εἰ ἄν τλάω μένω ἐμός δόρυ μακρός , ὅς σύ χρώς λειριόεις δάπτω ·