And as when long-winged thrushes or doves fall into a snare that is set in a thicket, as they seek to reach their resting-place, and hateful is the bed that gives them welcome, even so the women held their heads in a row, and round the necks of all nooses were laid, that they might die most piteously.
ὡς δ' ὅτ' ἂν ἢ κίχλαι τανυσίπτεροι ἠὲ πέλειαι ἕρκει ἐνιπλήξωσι , τό θ' ἑστήκῃ ἐνὶ θάμνῳ , αὖλιν ἐσιέμεναι , στυγερὸς δ' ὑπεδέξατο κοῖτος , ὣς αἵ γ' ἑξείης κεφαλὰς ἔχον , ἀμφὶ δὲ πάσαις δειρῇσι βρόχοι ἦσαν , ὅπως οἴκτιστα θάνοιεν .
ὡς δέ ὅτε ἄν ἤ κίχλη τανυσίπτερος ἤ πέλεια ἕρκος ἐμπλήσσω , ὁ τε ἵστημι ἐν θάμνος , αὖλις εἰσίημι , στυγερός δέ ὑποδέχομαι κοῖτος , ὡς ὅς γε ἑξείης κεφαλή ἔχω , ἀμφί δέ πᾶς δειρή βρόχος εἰμί , ὅπως οἴκτιστος θνήσκω .