Better were it now, you braggart, that you wert not living, nor had ever been born, if you quailest and art so terribly afraid of this man—a man that is old and overcome by the woe that has come upon him.
&quot; νῦν μὲν μήτ' εἴης , βουγάϊε , μήτε γένοιο , εἰ δὴ τοῦτόν γε τρομέεις καὶ δείδιας αἰνῶς , ἄνδρα γέροντα , δύῃ ἀρημένον , ἥ μιν ἱκάνει .
&quot; νῦν μέν μήτε εἰμί , βουγάιος , μήτε γίγνομαι , εἰ δή οὗτος γε τρομέω καί δείδω αἰνός , ἀνήρ γέρων , δύη ἀράω , ὅς μιν ἱκάνω .