When the gods had made him grow like a sapling, and I thought that he would be among men no whit worse than his dear father, glorious in form and comeliness, then some one of the immortals marred the wise spirit within him, or by chance some man,
τὸν ἐπεὶ θρέψαν θεοὶ ἔρνεϊ ἶσον , καί μιν ἔφην ἔσσεσθαι ἐν ἀνδράσιν οὔ τι χέρηα πατρὸς ἑοῖο φίλοιο , δέμας καὶ εἶδος ἀγητόν , τὸν δέ τις ἀθανάτων βλάψε φρένας ἔνδον ἐΐσας ἠέ τις ἀνθρώπων ·
ὁ ἐπεί τρέφω θεός ἔρνος ἴσος , καί μιν φημί εἰμί ἐν ἀνήρ οὐ τις χείρων πατήρ ἑός φίλος , δέμας καί εἶδος ἀγητός , ὁ δέ τις ἀθάνατος βλάπτω φρήν ἔνδον ἴσος ἤ τις ἄνθρωπος ·