Let it not be that he mark me as I turn away from the city toward the plain, and darting after me overtake me by his fleetness of foot.
μή μ' ἀπαειρόμενον πόλιος πεδίον δὲ νοήσῃ καί με μεταΐξας μάρψῃ ταχέεσσι πόδεσσιν .
μή ἐγώ ἀπαείρω πόλις πεδίον δέ νοέω καί ἐγώ μεταίσσω μάρπτω ταχύς πούς .