γυμνὸν ἰδοῦσα Λάκαινα παλίντροπον ἐκ πολέμοιο
παῖδ᾽ ἑὸν ἐς πάτραν ὠκὺν ἱέντα πόδα,
ἀντίη ἀίξασα δι᾽ ἥπατος ἤλασε λόγχαν,
ἄρρενα ῥηξαμένα φθόγγον ἐπὶ κταμένῳ:

ἀλλότριον Σπάρτας, εἶπεν, γένος, ἔρρε πρὸς ᾄδαν,

ἔρρ᾽, ἐπεὶ ἐψεύσω πατρίδα καὶ γενέταν.

— Paton edition

The Spartan woman, seeing her son hastening home in flight from the war and stripped of his armour, rushed to meet him, and driving a spear through his liver, uttered over the slain these words full of virile spirit: "Away with thee to Hades, alien scion of Sparta! Away with thee, since thou wast false to thy country and thy father!"

— Paton edition

斯巴达女人看到她的儿子成了叛兵匆匆回家，于是她剥光了他的盔甲，冲上去用长矛刺穿他的肝脏。对着她的儿子坚毅地说出这句话：“下地狱吧，你不配做斯巴达人！你背叛了你的国家和你的父亲！”

— Edition Jie Han

斯巴达女人看到她的儿子成了叛兵匆匆回家，于是她剥光了他的盔甲，冲上去用长矛刺穿他的肝脏。对着她的儿子坚毅地说出这句话：“下地狱吧，你不配做斯巴达人！你背叛了你的国家和你的父亲！”

— Edition Jie Han

The Spartan woman, seeing her son hastening home in flight from the war and stripped of his armour, rushed to meet him, and driving a spear through his liver, uttered over the slain these words full of virile spirit: "Away with thee to Hades, alien scion of Sparta! Away with thee, since thou wast false to thy country and thy father!"

— Paton edition

γυμνὸν ἰδοῦσα Λάκαινα παλίντροπον ἐκ πολέμοιο
παῖδ᾽ ἑὸν ἐς πάτραν ὠκὺν ἱέντα πόδα,
ἀντίη ἀίξασα δι᾽ ἥπατος ἤλασε λόγχαν,
ἄρρενα ῥηξαμένα φθόγγον ἐπὶ κταμένῳ:

ἀλλότριον Σπάρτας, εἶπεν, γένος, ἔρρε πρὸς ᾄδαν,

ἔρρ᾽, ἐπεὶ ἐψεύσω πατρίδα καὶ γενέταν.

— Paton edition