Ah, would that I had been the son of some blest man, whom old age overtook among his own possessions.
ὡς δὴ ἐγώ γ' ὄφελον μάκαρός νύ τευ ἔμμεναι υἱὸς ἀνέρος , ὃν κτεάτεσσιν ἑοῖς ἔπι γῆρας ἔτετμε .
ὡς δή ἐγώ γε ὀφείλω μάκαρ νῦν τις εἰμί υἱός ἀνήρ , ὅς κτέαρ ἑός ἐπί γῆρας τέτμον .