However even so they could not put the Achaeans to rout, but they held their ground, as a careful woman that labours with her hands at spinning, holds the balance and raises the weight and the wool in either scale, making them equal, that she may win a meagre wage for her children;
ἀλλ' οὐ δ' ὧς ἐδύναντο φόβον ποιῆσαι Ἀχαιῶν , ἀλλ' ἔχον ὥς τε τάλαντα γυνὴ χερνῆτις ἀληθής , ἥ τε σταθμὸν ἔχουσα καὶ εἴριον ἀμφὶς ἀνέλκει ἰσάζουσ' , ἵνα παισὶν ἀεικέα μισθὸν ἄρηται · [0]
ἀλλά οὐ δέ ὡς δύναμαι φόβος ποιέω Ἀχαιός , ἀλλά ἔχω ὡς τε τάλαντον γυνή χερνῆτις ἀληθής , ὅς τε σταθμόν ἔχω καί ἔριον ἀμφίς ἀνέλκω ἰσάζω , ἵνα παῖς ἀεικής μισθός αἴρω ·