For a bird had come upon them, as they were eager to cross over, an eagle of lofty flight, skirting the host on the left, and in its talons it bore a blood-red, monstrous snake, still alive as if struggling, nor was it yet forgetful of combat, it writhed backward, and struck him that held it on the breast beside the neck,
ὄρνις γάρ σφιν ἐπῆλθε περησέμεναι μεμαῶσιν αἰετὸς ὑψιπέτης ἐπ' ἀριστερὰ λαὸν ἐέργων φοινήεντα δράκοντα φέρων ὀνύχεσσι πέλωρον ζωὸν ἔτ' ἀσπαίροντα , καὶ οὔ πω λήθετο χάρμης , κόψε γὰρ αὐτὸν ἔχοντα κατὰ στῆθος παρὰ δειρὴν ἰδνωθεὶς ὀπίσω · [0] [1]
ὄρνις γάρ σφεῖς ἐπέρχομαι περάω μέμαα ἀετός ὑψιπέτης ἐπί ἀριστερός λαός ἔργω φοινήεις δράκων φέρω ὄνυξ πέλωρος ζωός ἔτι ἀσπαίρω , καί οὐ πω λανθάνω χάρμη , κόπτω γάρ αὐτός ἔχω κατά στῆθος παρά δειρή ἰδνόομαι ὀπίσω ·