τὴν δὲ μέγ' ὀχθήσας προσέφη κρείων ἐνοσίχθων:
Ἥρη ἀπτοεπὲς: ποῖον τὸν μῦθον ἔειπες:
οὐκ ἂν ἔγωγ' ἐθέλοιμι Διὶ̈ Κρονίωνι μάχεσθαι
ἡμέας τοὺς ἄλλους: ἐπει ῆ πολὺ φέρτερός ἐστιν:
Then, his heart sore troubled, the lord, the Shaker of Earth, spake to her: "Hera, reckless in speech, what a word hast thou spoken! It is not I that were fain to see us all at strife with Zeus, son of Cronos, for he verily is mightier far."