Of horses best by far were the mares of the son of Pheres, those that Eumelas drove, swift as birds, like of coat, like of age, their backs as even as a levelling line could make.
ἵπποι μὲν μέγ' ἄρισται ἔσαν Φηρητιάδαο , τὰς Εὔμηλος ἔλαυνε ποδώκεας ὄρνιθας ὣς ὄτριχας οἰέτεας σταφύλῃ ἐπὶ νῶτον ἐΐσας · [0] [1]
ἵππος μέν μέγας ἄριστος εἰμί Φηρητιάδης , ὁ Εὔμηλος ἐλαύνω ποδώκης ὄρνις ὡς ὄθριξ οἰέτης σταφύλη ἐπί νῶτον ἴσος ·