There would his skin have been stripped off and his bones broken, had not the goddess, flashing-eyed Athena, put a thought in his mind.
ἔνθα κ' ἀπὸ ῥινοὺς δρύφθη , σὺν δ' ὀστέ' ἀράχθη , εἰ μὴ ἐπὶ φρεσὶ θῆκε θεά , γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη ·
ἔνθα ἄν ἀπό ῥινός δρύπτω , σύν δέ ὀστέον ἀράσσω , εἰ μή ἐπί φρήν τίθημι θεά , γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη ·