But when at length the doom of the gods bound her that she should be overcome, then truly Aegisthus took the minstrel to a desert isle and left him to be the prey and spoil of birds; and her, willing as he was willing, he led to his own house.
ἀλλ' ὅτε δή μιν μοῖρα θεῶν ἐπέδησε δαμῆναι , δὴ τότε τὸν μὲν ἀοιδὸν ἄγων ἐς νῆσον ἐρήμην κάλλιπεν οἰωνοῖσιν ἕλωρ καὶ κύρμα γενέσθαι , τὴν δ' ἐθέλων ἐθέλουσαν ἀνήγαγεν ὅνδε δόμονδε .
ἀλλά ὅτε δή μιν μοῖρα θεός ἐπιδέω δαμάζω , δή τότε ὁ μέν ἀοιδός ἄγω εἰς νῆσος ἐρῆμος καταλείπω οἰωνός ἕλωρ καί κύρμα γίγνομαι , ὁ δέ ἐθέλω ἐθέλω ἀνάγω ὅς δόμονδε .