And the wasps, if so be some wayfaring ran as he passes by rouse them unwittingly, fly forth one and all in the valour of their hearts, and fight each in defence of his young;
τοὺς δ' εἴ περ παρά τίς τε κιὼν ἄνθρωπος ὁδίτης κινήσῃ ἀέκων , οἳ δ' ἄλκιμον ἦτορ ἔχοντες πρόσσω πᾶς πέτεται καὶ ἀμύνει οἷσι τέκεσσι .
ὁ δέ εἰ πέρ παρά τις τε κίω ἄνθρωπος ὁδίτης κινέω ἀέκων , ὅς δέ ἄλκιμος ἦτορ ἔχω πρόσω πᾶς πέτομαι καί ἀμύνω ἑός τέκος .