μὴ θάπτειν τὸν ἄθαπτον, ἔα κυσὶ κύρμα γενέσθαι:
γῆ πάντων μήτηρ μητροφθόρον οὐ δέχετ᾽ ἄνδρα,

— Paton edition

Bury not the unburied ; leave him to be the prey
of dogs. Earth, the mother of all, will not receive
the man who denies the bed of his mother.

— Paton edition