for he thought to avenge the slaying of his son; yet he was himself never more to come back, but was there to meet his doom.
φῆ δ' ὅ γε τίσεσθαι παιδὸς φόνον , οὐ δ' ἄρ' ἔμελλεν ἂψ ἀπονοστήσειν , ἀλλ' αὐτοῦ πότμον ἐφέψειν .
φημί δέ ὁ γε τίνω παῖς φόνος , οὐ δέ ἄρα μέλλω ἄψ ἀπονοστέω , ἀλλά αὐτοῦ πότμος ἐφέπω .