οἱ δ' ἂρ Ἀδρήστειάν τ' εἶχον καὶ δῆμον Ἀπαισοῦ
καὶ Πιτύειαν ἔχον, καὶ Τηρείης ὄρος αἰπύ:
τῶν ἦρχ' Άδρηστός τε καὶ Ἄμφιος λινοθώρηξ
υἷε δύω Μέροπος Περκωσίου, ὃς περι πάντων
ᾔδεε μαντοσύνας. οὐδ' ἑοὺς παῖδας ἔασκε
στείχειν ἐς πόλεμον φθισήνορα, τῶδέ οἱ οὔ τι
πειθέσθην, κῆρες γὰρ ἄγον μέλανος θανάτοιο:
And they that held Adrasteia and the land of Apaesus, and that held Pityeia and the steep mount of Tereia, these were led by Adrastus and Araphius, with corslet of linen, sons twain of Merops of Percote, that was above all men skilled in prophesying, and would not suffer his sons to go into war, the bane of men. But the twain would in no wise hearken, for the fates of black death were leading them on.
