and forthwith he fitted the bitter arrow to the string, and made a vow to Apollo, the wolf-born god, famed for his bow, that he would sacrifice a glorious hecatomb of firstling lambs, when he should come to his home, the city of sacred Zeleia.
αἶψα δ' ἐπὶ νευρῇ κατεκόσμει πικρὸν ὀϊστόν , εὔχετο δ' Ἀπόλλωνι Λυκηγενέϊ κλυτοτόξῳ ἀρνῶν πρωτογόνων ῥέξειν κλειτὴν ἑκατόμβην οἴκαδε νοστήσας ἱερῆς εἰς ἄστυ Ζελείης .
αἶψα δέ ἐπί νευρή κατακοσμέω πικρός ὀιστός , εὔχομαι δέ Ἀπόλλων Λυκηγενής κλυτότοξος ἀρνός πρωτόγονος ῥέζω κλειτός ἑκατόμβη οἴκαδε νοστέω ἱερή εἰς ἄστυ Ζέλεια .