They speak but a lie that say you are sprung from Zeus that bears the aegis, seeing you are inferior far to those warriors that were sprung from Zeus in the days of men of old.
ψευδόμενοι δέ σέ φασι Διὸς γόνον αἰγιόχοιο εἶναι , ἐπεὶ πολλὸν κείνων ἐπιδεύεαι ἀνδρῶν οἳ Διὸς ἐξεγένοντο ἐπὶ προτέρων ἀνθρώπων ·
ψεύδω δέ σύ φημί Ζεύς γόνος αἰγίοχος εἰμί , ἐπεί πολύς ἐκεῖνος ἐπιδέω ἀνήρ ὅς Ζεύς ἐκγίγνομαι ἐπί πρότερος ἄνθρωπος ·