to one fate, it seems, were we born, both of us two, you in Troy in the house of Priam, and I in Thebe beneath wooded Placus in the house of Eetion, who reared me when I was a babe, unhappy father of a cruel-fated child;
ἰῇ ἄρα γεινόμεθ' αἴσῃ ἀμφότεροι , σὺ μὲν ἐν Τροίῃ Πριάμου κατὰ δῶμα , αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ Θήβῃσιν ὑπὸ Πλάκῳ ὑληέσσῃ ἐν δόμῳ Ἠετίωνος , ὅ μ' ἔτρεφε τυτθὸν ἐοῦσαν δύσμορος αἰνόμορον · [0] [1] [2]
εἷς ἄρα γείνομαι αἶσα ἀμφότερος , σύ μέν ἐν Τροία Πρίαμος κατά δῶμα , ἀτάρ ἐγώ Θῆβαι ὑπό Πλάκος ὑλήεις ἐν δόμος Ἠετίων , ὁ ἐγώ τρέφω τυτθός εἰμί δύσμορος αἰνόμορος ·