I would that my own self I might be immortal and ageless all my days, and that I might be honoured even as Athene and Apollo, so surely as now this day brings evil upon the Argives.
εἰ γὰρ ἐγὼν ὣς εἴην ἀθάνατος καὶ ἀγήρως ἤματα πάντα , τιοίμην δ' ὡς τίετ' Ἀθηναίη καὶ Ἀπόλλων , ὡς νῦν ἡμέρη ἥδε κακὸν φέρει Ἀργείοισιν .
εἰ γάρ ἐγώ ὡς εἰμί ἀθάνατος καί ἀγήραος ἦμαρ πᾶς , τίνω δέ ὡς τίνω Ἀθήνη καί Ἀπόλλων , ὡς νῦν ἡμέρα ὅδε κακός φέρω Ἀργεῖος .