And now would the king of men, Aeneas, have perished, had not the daughter of Zeus, Aphrodite, been quick to mark, even his mother, that conceived him to Anchises as he tended his cattle.
καί νύ κεν ἔνθ' ἀπόλοιτο ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Αἰνείας , εἰ μὴ ἄρ' ὀξὺ νόησε Διὸς θυγάτηρ Ἀφροδίτη μήτηρ , ἥ μιν ὑπ' Ἀγχίσῃ τέκε βουκολέοντι · [0]
καί νῦν ἄν ἔνθα ἀπόλλυμι ἄναξ ἀνήρ Αἰνείας , εἰ μή ἄρα ὀξύς νοέω Ζεύς θυγάτηρ Ἀφροδίτη μήτηρ , ὅς μιν ὑπό Ἀγχίσης τίκτω βουκολέω ·