If he might but come and watch over this life of mine, greater would be my fame and fairer.
εἰ κεῖνός γ' ἐλθὼν τὸν ἐμὸν βίον ἀμφιπολεύοι , μεῖζόν κε κλέος εἴη ἐμὸν καὶ κάλλιον οὕτως .
εἰ κεῖνος γε ἔρχομαι ὁ ἐμός βίος ἀμφιπολεύω , μέγας ἄν κλέος ἐάω ἐμός καί καλός οὕτως .