for he wanted to hold back the host and to offer holy hecatombs, that he might appease the dread wrath of Athena,—fool! nor knew he this, that with her was to be no hearkening;
βούλετο γάρ ῥα λαὸν ἐρυκακέειν ῥέξαι θ' ἱερὰς ἑκατόμβας , ὡς τὸν Ἀθηναίης δεινὸν χόλον ἐξακέσαιτο , νήπιος , οὐ δὲ τὸ ᾔδη , ὃ οὐ πείσεσθαι ἔμελλεν ·
βούλομαι γάρ ἄρα λαός ἐρύκω ῥέζω τε ἱερός ἑκατόμβη , ὡς ὁ Ἀθήνη δεινός χόλος ἐξακέομαι , νήπιος , οὐ δέ ὁ οἶδα , ὅς οὐ πείθω μέλλω ·