Or I would again that this day the son of Cronos might bring war upon us from whence he would, and I had a shield and two spears and a helmet all of bronze, that fitted well my temples: then should you see me mingling among the foremost fighters, and would not prate, taunting me with this belly of mine.
εἰ δ' αὖ καὶ πόλεμόν ποθεν ὁρμήσειε Κρονίων σήμερον , αὐτὰρ ἐμοὶ σάκος εἴη καὶ δύο δοῦρε καὶ κυνέη πάγχαλκος , ἐπὶ κροτάφοις ἀραρυῖα , τῷ κέ μ' ἴδοις πρώτοισιν ἐνὶ προμάχοισι μιγέντα , οὐ δ' ἄν μοι τὴν γαστέρ' ὀνειδίζων ἀγορεύοις .
εἰ δέ αὖ καί πόλεμος ποθεν ὁρμάω Κρονίων σήμερον , ἀτάρ ἐγώ σάκος εἰμί καί δύο δόρυ καί κυνέη παγχάλκεος , ἐπί κρόταφος ἀραρίσκω , τῷ ἄν ἐγώ εἶδον πρῶτος ἐν πρόμαχος μίγνυμι , οὐ δέ ἄν ἐγώ ὁ γαστήρ ὀνειδίζω ἀγορεύω .