τὸν δ' αῦτε προσέειπεν ἄναξ Διὸς υἱὸς Ἀπόλλων:
ἥρως. ἂλλ' άγε καὶ σὺ θεοῖς αἰειγενέτῃσιν
εὔχεο: καὶ δὲ σὲ φασὶ Διὸς κούρης Ἀφροδίτης
ἐκγεγάμεν κεῖνος δὲ χερείονος ἐκ θεοῦ ἐστιν:
ἡ μὲν γὰρ Διός ἔσθ'. ἡ δ' ἐξ ἁλίοιο γέροντος:
ἂλλ' ἰ+θὺς φέρε χαλκὸν ἀτειρέα: μὴ δέ σε πάμπαν
λευγαλέοις ἐπέεσσιν ἀποτρεπέτω καὶ ἀρειῇ:
Then in answer to him spake the prince Apollo, son of Zeus: "Nay, warrior, come, pray thou also to the gods that are for ever; for of thee too men say that thou wast born of Aphrodite, daughter of Zeus, while he is sprung from a lesser goddess. For thy mother is daughter of Zeus, and his of the old man of the sea. Nay, bear thou straight against him thy stubborn bronze, nor let him anywise turn thee back with words of contempt and with threatenings."
