whereas he that has crafty mind, although he drive worse horses, keeps his eye ever on the turning-post and wheels close thereby, neither is unmindful how at the first to force his horses with the oxhide reins, but keeps them ever in hand, and watches the man that leads him in the race.
ὃς δέ κε κέρδεα εἰδῇ ἐλαύνων ἥσσονας ἵππους , αἰεὶ τέρμ' ὁρόων στρέφει ἐγγύθεν , οὐ δέ ἑ λήθει ὅππως τὸ πρῶτον τανύσῃ βοέοισιν ἱμᾶσιν , ἀλλ' ἔχει ἀσφαλέως καὶ τὸν προὔχοντα δοκεύει .
ὅς δέ ἄν κέρδος οἶδα ἐλαύνω ἥσσων ἵππος , ἀεί τέρμα ὁράω στρέφω ἐγγύθεν , οὐ δέ ἕ λανθάνω ὅπως ὁ πρῶτος τανύω βόειος ἱμάς , ἀλλά ἔχω ἀσφαλής καί ὁ προέχω δοκεύω .