ὣς φάτο: μείδησεν δὲ πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε:
καί ῥα καλεσσαμενος προσέφη χρυσῆν Ἀφροδίτην:
οὔ τοι τέκνον ἐμόν δέδοται πολεμήια ἔργα:
ἀλλὰ σύ γ' ἱμερόεντα μετέρχεο ἔργα γάμοιο:
ταῦτα δ' Ἄρηι θοῷ καὶ Ἀθήνῃ πάντα μελήσει:
So spake she, but the father of men and gods smiled, and calling to him golden Aphrodite, said: "Not unto thee, my child, are given works of war; nay, follow thou after the lovely works of marriage, and all these things shall be the business of swift Ares and Athene."
