and to him that was but a mortal the gods gave a goddess to be his wife. However even upon him the gods brought evil, in that there in no way sprang up in his halls offspring of princely sons, but he fathered one only son, doomed to an untimely fate.
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ τῷ θῆκε θεὸς κακόν , ὅττί οἱ οὔ τι παίδων ἐν μεγάροισι γονὴ γένετο κρειόντων , ἀλλ' ἕνα παῖδα τέκεν παναώριον ·
ἀλλά ἐπί καί ὁ τίθημι θεός κακός , ὅτι ἕ οὐ τις παῖς ἐν μέγαρον γονή γίγνομαι κρείων , ἀλλά εἵς παῖς τίκτω παναώριος ·