ὡς φάτο, χῄρατο δ' Ὕπνος, ἀμειβόμενος δὲ προσηύδα:
ἄγρει νῦν μοι όμοσσον ἀ̆ά̄ᾰτον Στυγὸς ὕδωρ,
χειρὶ δὲ, τῇ ἑτέρῃ μὲν, ἕλε χθόνα πουλυβότειραν.
τῇ δ' ἑτέρῃ ἅλα μαρμαρέην, ἵνα νῶϊν ἅπαντες
μάρτυροι ὦσ', οἳ ἔνερθε θεοὶ Κρόνον ἀμφὶς εόντες:
ἠ μὲν ἐμοὶ δώσειν Χαρίτων μίαν ὁπλοτεράων
Πασιθέην. ἧς τ' αὐτὸς εέλδομαι ἤματα πάντα:
So spake she, and Sleep waxed glad, and made answer saying: "Come now, swear to me by the inviolable water of Styx, and with one hand lay thou hold of the bounteous earth, and with the other of the shimmering sea, that one and all they may be witnesses betwixt us twain, even the gods that are below with Cronos, that verily thou wilt give me one of the youthful Graces, even Pasithea, that myself I long for all my days."
