My child, what a word has escaped the barrier of your teeth, in that you said that your husband, who even now is here, at his own hearth, would never more return!
&quot; τέκνον ἐμόν , ποῖόν σε ἔπος φύγεν ἕρκος ὀδόντων , ἣ πόσιν ἔνδον ἐόντα παρ' ἐσχάρῃ οὔ ποτ' ἔφησθα οἴκαδ' ἐλεύσεσθαι ·
&quot; τέκνον ἐμός , ποῖος σύ ἔπος φεύγω ἕρκος ὀδούς , ὅς πόσις1 ἔνδον εἰμί παρά ἐσχάρα οὐ ποτέ φημί οἴκαδε ἔρχομαι ·