παρθένον ἐν πελάγει ζητῶν τὴν πρόσθε λέοντα,
τηθὴν εὑρήσεις παιδοφόνου Ἑκάβης.

— Paton edition

SEEKING in the sea the maiden who was once a lion, thou shalt find the mother-in-law of Hecuba, the murderer of her children.
*Answer*: Thetis, who was transformed into a lion in her attempt to escape from Peleus. Hecuba was a name given to Medea, whom, according to late tradition, Achilles is said to have married in the islands of the blessed.

— Paton edition

SEEKING in the sea the maiden who was once a lion, thou shalt find the mother-in-law of Hecuba, the murderer of her children.
*Answer*: Thetis, who was transformed into a lion in her attempt to escape from Peleus. Hecuba was a name given to Medea, whom, according to late tradition, Achilles is said to have married in the islands of the blessed.

— Paton edition

παρθένον ἐν πελάγει ζητῶν τὴν πρόσθε λέοντα,
τηθὴν εὑρήσεις παιδοφόνου Ἑκάβης.

— Paton edition