and not one of us could know that it was he, when he appeared so suddenly, no, not even those that were older men, but we assailed him with evil words and with missiles.
οὐ δέ τις ἡμείων δύνατο γνῶναι τὸν ἐόντα ἐξαπίνης προφανέντ' , οὐ δ' οἳ προγενέστεροι ἦσαν , ἀλλ' ἔπεσίν τε κακοῖσιν ἐνίσσομεν ἠδὲ βολῇσιν .
οὐ δέ τις ἐγώ δύναμαι γιγνώσκω ὁ εἰμί ἐξαπίνης προφαίνω , οὐ δέ ὅς προγενής εἰμί , ἀλλά ἔπος τε κακός ἐνίσσω ἠδέ βολή .