Truly then a dread and honoured goddess is within my halls, even she that saved me when pain had come upon me after I had fallen afar through the will of my shameless mother, that wanted to hide me away by reason of my lameness.
ἦ ῥά νύ μοι δεινή τε καὶ αἰδοίη θεὸς ἔνδον , ἥ μ' ἐσάωσ' ὅτε μ' ἄλγος ἀφίκετο τῆλε πεσόντα μητρὸς ἐμῆς ἰότητι κυνώπιδος , ἥ μ' ἐθέλησε κρύψαι χωλὸν ἐόντα · [0]
ἦ ἄρα νῦν ἐγώ δεινός τε καί αἰδοῖος θεός ἔνδον , ὅς ἐγώ σώζω ὅτε ἐγώ ἄλγος ἀφικνέομαι τῆλε πίπτω μήτηρ ἐμός ἰότης κυνώπης , ὅς ἐγώ ἐθέλω κρύπτω χωλός εἰμί ·