As between lions and men there are no oaths of faith, nor do wolves and lambs have hearts of concord but are evil-minded continually one against the other, even so is it not possible for you and me to be friends, neither shall there be oaths between us till one or the other shall have fallen, and glutted with his blood Ares, the warrior with tough shield of hide.
ὡς οὐκ ἔστι λέουσι καὶ ἀνδράσιν ὅρκια πιστά , οὐ δὲ λύκοι τε καὶ ἄρνες ὁμόφρονα θυμὸν ἔχουσιν , ἀλλὰ κακὰ φρονέουσι διαμπερὲς ἀλλήλοισιν , ὣς οὐκ ἔστ' ἐμὲ καὶ σὲ φιλήμεναι , οὐ δέ τι νῶϊν ὅρκια ἔσσονται , πρίν γ' ἢ ἕτερόν γε πεσόντα αἵματος ἆσαι Ἄρηα ταλαύρινον πολεμιστήν . [0]
ὡς οὐ εἰμί λέων καί ἀνήρ ὅρκιον πιστός , οὐ δέ λύκος τε καί ἀρνός ὁμόφρων θυμός ἔχω , ἀλλά κακός φρονέω διαμπερές ἀλλήλων , ὡς οὐ εἰμί ἐγώ καί σύ φιλέω , οὐ δέ τις ἐγώ ὅρκιον εἰμί , πρίν γε ἤ ἕτερος γε πίπτω αἷμα ἄω Ἄρης ταλαύρινος πολεμιστής .