And she put strength into his shoulders and his knees, and in his breast set the daring of the fly, that though it be driven away never so often from the skin of a man, ever persists in biting, and sweet to it is the blood of man;
ἐν δὲ βίην ὤμοισι καὶ ἐν γούνεσσιν ἔθηκε , καί οἱ μυίης θάρσος ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἐνῆκεν , ἥ τε καὶ ἐργομένη μάλα περ χροὸς ἀνδρομέοιο ἰσχανάᾳ δακέειν , λαρόν τέ οἱ αἷμ' ἀνθρώπου · [0]
ἐν δέ βία ὦμος καί ἐν γόνυ τίθημι , καί ἕ μυῖα θάρσος ἐν στῆθος ἐνίημι , ὅς τε καί ἔργνυμι μάλα πέρ χρώς ἀνδρόμεος ἰσχανάω δάκνω , λαρός τε ἕ αἷμα ἄνθρωπος ·