Stranger, would you have a mind to serve for hire, if I should take you into service on an outlying farm—your pay shall be assured you—gathering stones for walls, and planting tall trees?
&quot; ξεῖν' , ἦ ἄρ κ' ἐθέλοις θητευέμεν , εἴ σ' ἀνελοίμην , ἀγροῦ ἐπ' ἐσχατιῆς - μισθὸς δέ τοι ἄρκιος ἔσται - αἱμασιάς τε λέγων καὶ δένδρεα μακρὰ φυτεύων ;
&quot; ξένος , ἦ ἄρα ἄν ἐθέλω θητεύω , εἰ σύ ἀναιρέω , ἀγρός ἐπί ἐσχατιά - μισθός δέ σύ ἄρκιος εἰμί - αἱμασιά τε λέγω καί δένδρεον μακρός φυτεύω ;