My child, this man must we let be, for all our sorrow, to lie as he is, seeing he has been slain once for all by the will of the gods.
τέκνον ἐμὸν τοῦτον μὲν ἐάσομεν ἀχνύμενοί περ κεῖσθαι , ἐπεὶ δὴ πρῶτα θεῶν ἰότητι δαμάσθη ·
τέκνον ἐμός οὗτος μέν ἐάω ἀχεύω πέρ κεῖμαι , ἐπεί δή πρῶτος θεός ἰότης δαμάζω ·