Nay, nor would he himself have escaped black fate, had not Hephaestus guarded him, and saved him, enfolding him in darkness, that his aged priest might not be utterly done in with grief.
οὐ δὲ γὰρ οὐ δέ κεν αὐτὸς ὑπέκφυγε κῆρα μέλαιναν , ἀλλ' Ἥφαιστος ἔρυτο , σάωσε δὲ νυκτὶ καλύψας , ὡς δή οἱ μὴ πάγχυ γέρων ἀκαχήμενος εἴη .
οὐδέ οὐδέ γάρ οὐδέ οὐδέ ἄν αὐτός ὑπεκφεύγω κήρ μέλας , ἀλλά Ἥφαιστος ἐρύω2 , σώζω δέ νύξ καλύπτω , ὡς δή ἕ μή πάγχυ γέρων ἀχεύω εἰμί .