else surely would I have struck you through the middle with my sharp spear, and instead of a wedding feast your father would have been busied with a funeral feast in this land.
ἦ γάρ κέν σε μέσον βάλον ἔγχεϊ ὀξυόεντι , καί κέ τοι ἀντὶ γάμοιο πατὴρ τάφον ἀμφεπονεῖτο ἐνθάδε .
ἦ γάρ ἄν σύ μέσος βάλλω ἔγχος ὀξυόεις , καί ἄν σύ ἀντί γάμος πατήρ τάφος ἀμφιπονέομαι ἐνθάδε .