So there he fell, and slept a sleep of bronze, unhappy youth, far from his wedded wife, bearing aid to his townsfolk—far from the bride of whom he had known no joy, yet much had he given for her;
ὣς ὃ μὲν αὖθι πεσὼν κοιμήσατο χάλκεον ὕπνον οἰκτρὸς ἀπὸ μνηστῆς ἀλόχου , ἀστοῖσιν ἀρήγων , κουριδίης , ἧς οὔ τι χάριν ἴδε , πολλὰ δ' ἔδωκε ·
ὡς ὁ μέν αὖθι πίπτω κοιμάω χάλκεος ὕπνος οἰκτρός ἀπό μνηστός ἄλοχος , ἀστός ἀρήγω , κουρίδιος , ὅς οὐ τις χάρις εἶδον , πολύς δέ δίδωμι ·