His daughters and his sons were it better for him to threaten with blustering words, even them that himself fathered, who of necessity will listen to whatsoever he may command.
θυγατέρεσσιν γάρ τε καὶ υἱάσι βέλτερον εἴη ἐκπάγλοις ἐπέεσσιν ἐνισσέμεν οὓς τέκεν αὐτός , οἵ ἑθεν ὀτρύνοντος ἀκούσονται καὶ ἀνάγκῃ .
θυγάτηρ γάρ τε καί υἱός βέλτερος εἰμί ἔκπαγλος ἔπος ἐνίσσω ὅς τίκτω αὐτός , ὅς ἕ ὀτρύνω ἀκούω καί ἀνάγκη .