Even as a lion leaps among the cattle and breaks the neck of a heifer or a cow as they graze in a woodland pasture, so did Tydeus' son thrust both these in evil wise from their chariot, sorely against their will, and thereafter despoiled them of their armour;
ὡς δὲ λέων ἐν βουσὶ θορὼν ἐξ αὐχένα ἄξῃ πόρτιος ἠὲ βοὸς ξύλοχον κάτα βοσκομενάων , ὣς τοὺς ἀμφοτέρους ἐξ ἵππων Τυδέος υἱὸς βῆσε κακῶς ἀέκοντας , ἔπειτα δὲ τεύχε' ἐσύλα ·
ὡς δέ λέων ἐν βοῦς θρῴσκω ἐκ αὐχήν ἄγνυμι πόρτις ἠέ βοῦς ξύλοχος κατά βόσκω , ὡς ὁ ἀμφότερος ἐκ ἵππος Τυδεύς υἱός βαίνω κακός ἀέκων , ἔπειτα δέ τεῦχος συλάω ·