for it is ordained to him to escape, that the race of Dardanus perish not without seed and be seen no more—of Dardanus whom the son of Cronos loved above all the children born to him from mortal women.
μόριμον δέ οἵ ἐστ' ἀλέασθαι , ὄφρα μὴ ἄσπερμος γενεὴ καὶ ἄφαντος ὄληται Δαρδάνου , ὃν Κρονίδης περὶ πάντων φίλατο παίδων οἳ ἕθεν ἐξεγένοντο γυναικῶν τε θνητάων .
μόριμος δέ ἕ εἰμί ἀλέομαι , ὄφρα μή ἄσπερμος γενεά καί ἄφαντος ὄλλυμι Δάρδανος , ὅς Κρονίδης περί πᾶς φιλέω παῖς ὅς ἕ ἐκγίγνομαι γυνή τε θνητός .