But as for me—there was a ram, far the best of all the flock; him I grasped by the back, and curled beneath his shaggy belly, lay there face upwards,
αὐτὰρ ἐγώ γε - ἀρνειὸς γὰρ ἔην μήλων ὄχ' ἄριστος ἁπάντων , τοῦ κατὰ νῶτα λαβών , λασίην ὑπὸ γαστέρ' ἐλυσθεὶς κείμην ·
ἀτάρ ἐγώ γε - ἀρνειός γάρ εἰμί μῆλον1 ὄχα ἄριστος ἅπας , ὁ κατά νῶτον λαμβάνω , λάσιος ὑπό γαστήρ ἐλύω κεῖμαι ·