and he would have escaped his doom, hated of Athena though he was, had he not uttered a boastful word in great blindness of heart.
καί νύ κεν ἔκφυγε κῆρα καὶ ἐχθόμενός περ Ἀθήνῃ , εἰ μὴ ὑπερφίαλον ἔπος ἔκβαλε καὶ μέγ' ἀάσθη ·
καί νῦν ἄν ἐκφεύγω κήρ καί ἔχθω πέρ Ἀθήνη , εἰ μή ὑπερφίαλος ἔπος ἐκβάλλω καί μέγας ἀάω ·