And they that held Athens, the well-built citadel, the land of great-hearted Erechtheus, whom of old Athene, daughter of Zeus, fostered, when the earth, the giver of grain, had borne him; and she made him to dwell in Athens, in her own rich sanctuary,
οἳ δ' ἄρ' Ἀθήνας εἶχον ἐϋκτίμενον πτολίεθρον δῆμον Ἐρεχθῆος μεγαλήτορος , ὅν ποτ' Ἀθήνη θρέψε Διὸς θυγάτηρ , τέκε δὲ ζείδωρος ἄρουρα , κὰδ δ' ἐν Ἀθήνῃς εἷσεν ἑῷ ἐν πίονι νηῷ · [2] [1] [0] [3]
ὅς δέ ἄρα Ἀθῆναι ἔχω ἐυκτίμενος πτολίεθρον δῆμος Ἐρεχθεύς μεγαλήτωρ , ὅς ποτέ Ἀθήνη τρέφω Ζεύς θυγάτηρ , τίκτω δέ ζείδωρος ἄρουρα , κατά δέ ἐν Ἀθῆναι ἵζω ἑός ἐν πίων ναός ·