ὡς φάτο: τὴν δ`' οὔ τι προσέφη νεφεληγερέτα Ζεύς:
ἀλλ' ἀκέων, δὴν, ἧστο: Θέτις δ' ὡς ἥψατο γούνων,
ὣς, ἔχετ' ἐμπεφυυῖα: καὶ εἴρετο δεύτερον αὖτις:
νημερτὲς μὲν δή μοι ὑπόσχεο καὶ κατάνευσον
ἠ ἀπόειπ', ἐπεὶ οὔ τοι ἔπει, δέος: ὄφρ' εὖ εἰδῶ
ὅσσον ἐγὼ μετα πᾶσιν ἀτιμοτάτη θεός εἰμι.
So she spoke; but Zeus, the cloud-gatherer, spoke no word to her, but sat a long time in silence. Yet Thetis, even as she had clasped his knees, so held to him, clinging close, and questioned him again a second time: "Give me your infallible promise, and bow your head to it, or else deny me, for there is nothing to make you afraid; so that I may know well how far I among all the gods am honoured the least."
