Zeus and you other gods, grant that this my child may likewise prove, even as I, pre-eminent among the Trojans, and as valiant in might, and that he rule mightily over Ilios.
Ζεῦ ἄλλοι τε θεοὶ δότε δὴ καὶ τόνδε γενέσθαι παῖδ' ἐμὸν ὡς καὶ ἐγώ περ ἀριπρεπέα Τρώεσσιν , ὧδε βίην τ' ἀγαθόν , καὶ Ἰλίου ἶφι ἀνάσσειν · [0]
Ζεύς ἄλλος τε θεός δίδωμι δή καί ὅδε γίγνομαι παῖς ἐμός ὡς καί ἐγώ πέρ ἀριπρεπής Τρώς , ὧδε βία τε ἀγαθός , καί Ἴλιος ἶφι ἀνάσσω ·