for father Zeus will be no helper of lies; nay, they that were the first to work violence in defiance of their oaths, their tender flesh surely shall vultures devour, and we shall bear away in our ships their dear wives and little children, when we shall have taken their citadel.
οὐ γὰρ ἐπὶ ψευδέσσι πατὴρ Ζεὺς ἔσσετ' ἀρωγός , ἀλλ' οἵ περ πρότεροι ὑπὲρ ὅρκια δηλήσαντο τῶν ἤτοι αὐτῶν τέρενα χρόα γῦπες ἔδονται , ἡμεῖς αὖτ' ἀλόχους τε φίλας καὶ νήπια τέκνα ἄξομεν ἐν νήεσσιν , ἐπὴν πτολίεθρον ἕλωμεν .
οὐ γάρ ἐπί ψευδής πατήρ Ζεύς εἰμί ἀρωγός , ἀλλά ὅς πέρ πρότερος ὑπέρ ὅρκιον δηλέομαι ὁ ἤτοι αὐτός τέρην χρώς γύψ ἔδω , ἐγώ αὖτε ἄλοχος τε φίλος καί νήπιος τέκνον ἄγω ἐν ναῦς , ἐπήν πτολίεθρον αἱρέω .