However, seeing the gods thus ordained these ills, would that I had been wife to a better man, that could feel the indignation of his fellows and their many revilings.
αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ τάδε γ' ὧδε θεοὶ κακὰ τεκμήραντο , ἀνδρὸς ἔπειτ' ὤφελλον ἀμείνονος εἶναι ἄκοιτις , ὃς ᾔδη νέμεσίν τε καὶ αἴσχεα πόλλ' ἀνθρώπων .
ἀτάρ ἐπεί ὅδε γε ὧδε θεός κακός τεκμαίρομαι , ἀνήρ ἔπειτα ὀφέλλω ἀμείνων εἰμί ἄκοιτις , ὅς οἶδα νέμεσις τε καί αἶσχος πολύς ἄνθρωπος .