Then would yet greater and more grievous wrath and anger have been stirred between Zeus and the immortals, had not Athene, seized with fear for all the gods, sped forth through the doorway, and left the throne on which she sat, and taken the helmet from the head of Ares and the shield from his shoulders; and she took from his strong hand the spear of bronze, and set it down,
ἔνθά κ' ἔτι μείζων τε καὶ ἀργαλεώτερος ἄλλος πὰρ Διὸς ἀθανάτοισι χόλος καὶ μῆνις ἐτύχθη , εἰ μὴ Ἀθήνη πᾶσι περιδείσασα θεοῖσιν ὦρτο διὲκ προθύρου , λίπε δὲ θρόνον ἔνθα θάασσε , τοῦ δ' ἀπὸ μὲν κεφαλῆς κόρυθ' εἵλετο καὶ σάκος ὤμων , ἔγχος δ' ἔστησε στιβαρῆς ἀπὸ χειρὸς ἑλοῦσα χάλκεον · [0]
ἔνθα ἄν ἔτι μέγας τε καί ἀργαλέος ἄλλος παρά Ζεύς ἀθάνατος χόλος καί μῆνις τεύχω , εἰ μή Ἀθήνη πᾶς περιδείδω θεός ὄρνυμι διέκ πρόθυρον , λείπω δέ θρόνος ἔνθα θαάσσω , ὁ δέ ἀπό μέν κεφαλή κόρυς αἱρέω καί σάκος ὦμος , ἔγχος δέ ἵστημι στιβαρός ἀπό χείρ αἱρέω χάλκεος ·