So spoke he, nor was Apollo disobedient to his father s bidding, but went down from the hills of Ida, like a fleet falcon, the slayer of doves, that is the swiftest of winged things.
ὣς ἔφατ' , οὐ δ' ἄρα πατρὸς ἀνηκούστησεν Ἀπόλλων , βῆ δὲ κατ' Ἰδαίων ὀρέων ἴρηκι ἐοικὼς ὠκέϊ φασσοφόνῳ , ὅς τ' ὤκιστος πετεηνῶν . [0]
ὡς φημί , οὐ δέ ἄρα πατήρ ἀνηκουστέω Ἀπόλλων , βαίνω δέ κατά Ἰδαῖος ὄρος ἱέραξ εἴκω1 ὠκύς φασσοφόνος , ὅς τε ὠκύς πετεινός .