This he held before him, and brandished two spears, and so went his way like a mountain-nurtured lion that has long lacked meat, and his proud spirit bids him go even into the close-built fold to make an attack upon the flocks.
τὴν ἄρ' ὅ γε πρόσθε σχόμενος δύο δοῦρε τινάσσων βῆ ῥ' ἴμεν ὥς τε λέων ὀρεσίτροφος , ὅς τ' ἐπιδευὴς δηρὸν ἔῃ κρειῶν , κέλεται δέ ἑ θυμὸς ἀγήνωρ μήλων πειρήσοντα καὶ ἐς πυκινὸν δόμον ἐλθεῖν · [0] [1]
ὁ ἄρα ὁ γε πρόσθεν ἔχω δύο δόρυ τινάσσω βαίνω ἆρα εἶμι ὡς τε λέων ὀρεσιτρόφος , ὅς τε ἐπιδευής δηρός εἰμί κρέας , κέλομαι δέ ἕ θυμός ἀγήνωρ μῆλον1 πειράω καί εἰς πυκνός δόμος ἔρχομαι ·