Or I would again that there were oxen to drive—the best there are, tawny and large, both well fed with grass, of like age and like power to bear the yoke, tireless in strength—and that there were a field of four acres, and the soil should yield before the plough:
εἰ δ' αὖ καὶ βόες εἶεν ἐλαυνέμεν , οἵ περ ἄριστοι , αἴθωνες , μεγάλοι , ἄμφω κεκορηότε ποίης , ἥλικες , ἰσοφόροι , τῶν τε σθένος οὐκ ἀλαπαδνόν , τετράγυον δ' εἴη , εἴκοι δ' ὑπὸ βῶλος ἀρότρῳ · [0] [1] [2]
εἰ δέ αὖ καί βοῦς εἰμί ἐλαύνω , ὅς πέρ ἄριστος , αἴθων , μέγας , ἄμφω κορέννυμι πόα , ἧλιξ , ἰσοφόρος , ὁ τε σθένος οὐ ἀλαπαδνός , τετράγυος δέ εἰμί , εἴκω δέ ὑπό βῶλος ἄροτρον ·