w} mi=soj, w} me/giston e)xqi/sth gu/nai

qeoi=j te ka)moi\ panti/ t' a)nqrw/pwn ge/nei....

o)/loi'. e)gw\ de\ nu=n fronw~, to/t' ou) fronw~n,

o(/t' e)k do/mwn se barba/rou t' a)po\ xqono\j

(/Ellhn' e)j oi]kon h)go/mhn, kako\n me/ga,

patro/j te kai\ gh=j prodo/tin h(/ s' e)qre/yato.

to\n so\n d' a)la/stor' ei)j e)/m' e)/skhyan qeoi/:

ktanou=sa ga\r dh\ so\n ka/sin pare/stion

to\ kalli/prw|ron ei)se/bhj )Argou=j ska/foj.

O detestable creature, utterly hateful

to the gods, to me, and to the whole human race....

Death and ruin seize you! Now I am in my right mind,
though I was insane before

when I brought you from your home among the barbarians

to a Greek house. A great curse you were even then,

betrayer of father and of the land that nourished you.

But the avenging spirit meant for you the gods have visited on me.

For you killed your own brother at the hearth

and then stepped aboard the fair-prowed Argo.