καί σε τοσοῦτον ἔθηκα θεοῖς ἐπιείκελ' Ἀχιλλεῦ
ἐκ θυμοῦ φιλέων: ἐπεὶ οὐκ εθέλεσκες ἅμ' ἄλλῳ
οὔτ' ἐς δαῖτ' ϊέναι: οὔτ' ἐν μεγάροισι πάσασθαι.
πρίν γ' ὅτε δή σ' ἐπ' ἐμοῖσιν ἐγὼ γούνεσσι καθίσσας
ὄψου ἄσαιμι προταμὼν. καὶ οἶνον ἐπισχών:
πολλάκι μοι κατέδευσας ἐπὶ στήθεσσι χιτῶνα
οἴνου ἀποβλύζων ἐν νηπιέῃ ἀλεγεινῇ:
ὡς ἐπὶ σοὶ μάλα πολλ`' ἔπαθον: καὶ πολλ' ἐμόγησα.
τὰ φρονέων, ὅ μοι οὔ τι θεοὶ γόνον ἐξετέλειον
ἐξ ἐμεῦ. ἀλλὰ σὲ παῖδα θεοῖς ἐπιείκελ' Ἀχιλλεῦ
ποιεύμην. ἵνα μοί ποτ' ἀεικέα λοιγὸν ἀμύνῃς:
"And I reared thee to be such as thou art, O godlike Achilles, loving thee from may heart; for with none other wouldest thou go to the feast neither take meat in the hall, till I had set thee on my knees and given thee thy fill of the savoury morsel cut first for thee, and had put the wine cup to thy lips. Full often hast thou wetted the tunic upon my breast, sputtering forth the wine in thy sorry helplessness. So have I suffered much for thee and toiled much, ever mindful of this that the gods would in no wise vouchsafe me a son born of mine own body. Nay. it was thou that I sought to make my son, O godlike Achilles, to the end that thou mayest hereafter save me from shameful ruin.
