But he fell upon them like a lion of harmful mind coming against cattle, that are grazing in the bottom-land of a great marsh, and there is no counting them, and among them is a herdsman that is as yet unskilled to fight with a wild beast over the carcase of a sleek heifer that has been slain:
αὐτὰρ ὅ γ' ὥς τε λέων ὀλοόφρων βουσὶν ἐπελθών , αἵ ῥά τ' ἐν εἱαμενῇ ἕλεος μεγάλοιο νέμονται μυρίαι , ἐν δέ τε τῇσι νομεὺς οὔ πω σάφα εἰδὼς θηρὶ μαχέσσασθαι ἕλικος βοὸς ἀμφὶ φονῇσιν · [0] [1] [2]
ἀτάρ ὁ γε ὡς τε λέων ὀλοόφρων βοῦς ἐπέρχομαι , ὅς ἄρα τε ἐν εἱαμενή ἕλος μέγας νέμω μυρίος , ἐν δέ τε ὁ νομεύς οὐ πω σάφα οἶδα θήρ μάχομαι ἕλιξ βοῦς ἀμφί φονή ·