On this way for him did mighty Fate spin with her thread at his birth, when myself did bear him, that he should glut swift-footed dogs far from his parents, in the abode of a violent man, in whose inmost heart I were fain to fix my teeth and feed thereon;
τῷ δ' ὥς ποθι Μοῖρα κραταιὴ γιγνομένῳ ἐπένησε λίνῳ , ὅτε μιν τέκον αὐτή , ἀργίποδας κύνας ἆσαι ἑῶν ἀπάνευθε τοκήων ἀνδρὶ πάρα κρατερῷ , τοῦ ἐγὼ μέσον ἧπαρ ἔχοιμι ἐσθέμεναι προσφῦσα ·
ὁ δέ ὡς ποθι μοῖρα κραταιός γίγνομαι ἐπινέω λίνον , ὅτε μιν τίκτω αὐτός , ἀργίπους κύων ἄω ἑός ἀπάνευθε τοκεύς ἀνήρ παρά κρατερός , ὁ ἐγώ μέσος ἧπαρ ἔχω ἔσθω προσφύω ·