I should choose, so I might live on earth, to serve as the hireling of another, of some portionless man whose livelihood was but small, rather than to be lord over all the dead that have perished.
βουλοίμην κ' ἐπάρουρος ἐὼν θητευέμεν ἄλλῳ , ἀνδρὶ παρ' ἀκλήρῳ , ᾧ μὴ βίοτος πολὺς εἴη , ἢ πᾶσιν νεκύεσσι καταφθιμένοισιν ἀνάσσειν .
βούλομαι ἄν ἐπάρουρος εἰμί θητεύω ἄλλος , ἀνήρ παρά ἄκληρος , ὅς μή βίοτος πολύς εἰμί , ἤ πᾶς νέκυς καταφθίω ἀνάσσω .