and the two snatch cattle and brilliant sheep and make havoc of the farmsteads of men, until themuselves are slain by the hands of men with the sharp bronze;
τὼ μὲν ἄρ' ἁρπάζοντε βόας καὶ ἴφια μῆλα σταθμοὺς ἀνθρώπων κεραΐζετον , ὄφρα καὶ αὐτὼ ἀνδρῶν ἐν παλάμῃσι κατέκταθεν ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ ·
ὁ μέν ἄρα ἁρπάζω βοῦς καί ἴφιος μῆλον1 σταθμός ἄνθρωπος κεραίζω , ὄφρα καί αὐτός ἀνήρ ἐν παλάμη κατακτείνω ὀξύς χαλκοῦς ·