αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ τό γ' ἄκουσε θεὰ λευκώλενος Ἥρη.
αὐτίκ' ὰρ Ἥφαιστον προσεφώνεεν ὃν φίλον υἱόν:
Ἥφαιστε: σχέο τέκνον ἀγακλεές: οὐ γὰρ ἔοικεν
But when the goddess, white-armed Hera, heard this plea, forthwith she spake unto Hephaestus, her dear son: "Hephaestus, withhold thee, my glorious son; it is nowise seemly thus to smite an immortal god for mortals' sake."
