For which reason, dear child, I am not minded afterwards to be left alone without you, nay, not though a god himself should pledge him to strip from me my old age and render me strong in youth as in the day when first I left Hellas, the home of fair women, fleeing from strife with my father Amyntor, son of Ormenus; for he became grievously angry against me by reason of his fair-haired concubine, whom himself he ever cherished, and scorned his wife, my mother.
ὡς ἂν ἔπειτ' ἀπὸ σεῖο φίλον τέκος οὐκ ἐθέλοιμι λείπεσθ' , οὐ δ' εἴ κέν μοι ὑποσταίη θεὸς αὐτὸς γῆρας ἀποξύσας θήσειν νέον ἡβώοντα , οἷον ὅτε πρῶτον λίπον Ἑλλάδα καλλιγύναικα φεύγων νείκεα πατρὸς Ἀμύντορος Ὀρμενίδαο , ὅς μοι παλλακίδος περιχώσατο καλλικόμοιο , τὴν αὐτὸς φιλέεσκεν , ἀτιμάζεσκε δ' ἄκοιτιν μητέρ' ἐμήν · [0] [1] [2]
ὡς ἄν ἔπειτα ἀπό σύ φίλος τέκος οὐ ἐθέλω λείπω , οὐ δέ εἰ ἄν ἐγώ ὑφίστημι θεός αὐτός γῆρας ἀποξύω τίθημι νέος ἡβάω , οἷος ὅτε πρῶτος λείπω Ἑλλάς καλλιγύναικα φεύγω νεῖκος πατήρ ἀμύντωρ Ὀρμενίδης , ὅς ἐγώ παλλακίς περιχώομαι καλλίκομος , ὁ αὐτός φιλέω , ἀτιμάζω δέ ἄκοιτις μήτηρ ἐμός ·