but the mother that bore me was bought, a concubine. Yet Castor, son of Hylax, of whom I declare that I am sprung, honored me even as his true-born sons. He was at that time honored as a god among the Cretans in the land for his good estate, and his wealth, and his glorious sons.
ἐμὲ δ' ὠνητὴ τέκε μήτηρ παλλακίς , ἀλλά με ἶσον ἰθαιγενέεσσιν ἐτίμα Κάστωρ Ὑλακίδης , τοῦ ἐγὼ γένος εὔχομαι εἶναι ὃς τότ' ἐνὶ Κρήτεσσι θεὸς ὣς τίετο δήμῳ ὄλβῳ τε πλούτῳ τε καὶ υἱάσι κυδαλίμοισιν . [0]
ἐγώ δέ ὠνητός τίκτω μήτηρ παλλακίς , ἀλλά ἐγώ ἴσος ἰθαγενής τιμάω Κάστωρ Ὑλακίδης , ὁ ἐγώ γένος εὔχομαι εἰμί ὅς τότε ἐν Κρής θεός ὡς τίνω δῆμος ὄλβος τε πλοῦτος τε καί υἱός κυδάλιμος .